Americans Convicted of Spying for the Soviet Union - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, John Anthony Walker (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 162. Not illustrated. Chapters: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, John Anthony Walker, David Greenglass, George Trofimoff, Morris Cohen, James Hall Iii, Robert Lipka, Lona Cohen, Morton Sobell, Robert Soblen, Richard Miller, Christopher John Boyce, Earl Edwin Pitts, David Sheldon Boone, Andrew Daulton Lee, Harry Gold, Clayton J. Lonetree, Jack Soble, Thomas Patrick Cavanaugh, Ronald Pelton, Lydia Stahl, Robert Lee Johnson, Helen Levitov Sobell, Myra Soble, Arvid Jacobson, Robert Thompson, William Kampiles, Julius Rosenberg. Excerpt: Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 June 19, 1953) and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage. The charges related to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. This was the first execution of civilians for espionage in United States history. Since the execution, decoded Soviet cables, codenamed VENONA, have supported courtroom testimony that Julius acted as a courier and recruiter for the Soviets, but doubts remain about the level of Ethel's involvement. The decision to execute the Rosenbergs was, and still is, controversial. The New York Times, in an editorial on the 50th anniversary of the execution (June 19, 2003) wrote, "The Rosenbergs case still haunts American history, reminding us of the injustice that can be done when a nation gets caught up in hysteria." The other atomic spies that were caught by the FBI offered confessions and were not executed. Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, who supplied documents to Julius from Los Alamos, served 10 years of his 15 year sentence. Harry Gold, who identified Greenglass, served 15 years in Federal prison as the courier for Greenglass and the British scientist, Klaus Fuchs. Morton Sobell, who was tried with th...