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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

7-23-15

David Greenglass and Max Elitcher’s Secret Grand Jury Testimony Unsealed: What the Transcripts Really Reveal About the Rosenberg Spy Case

by R. Bruce Craig

This is what the media neglected to mention.

SOURCE: WSJ
7-19-15

Grasping at Straws to Try to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

by Ronald Radosh

A newly released transcript spurs fresh media efforts to show that the Soviet spy wasn’t a Soviet spy.

SOURCE: NYT
7-15-15

Secret Grand Jury Testimony From Ethel Rosenberg’s Brother Is Released

A newly released grand jury transcript provides some supporting evidence to Mrs. Rosenberg’s defenders, who believe that she was unfairly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.