Sci-fi nerds are respectful honorable. You can trust them.
The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell...
Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.
Espionage for the most part involves finding a person who knows something...
I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.