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Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case

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    unkz
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    That doesn’t sound like an exoneration exactly. That sounds like conspiracy at a minimum.

    cites decrypted Soviet communications in concluding that Ethel Rosenberg knew about Julius’ espionage work “but that due to ill health she did not engage in the work herself.”

    That doesn’t sound like an exoneration exactly. That sounds like conspiracy at a minimum.

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    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      It's hard with such a small quote, was the intent more that she couldn't have due to her health and thus it was proof? Was it that she wished she could help but her health prevented her? The...

      It's hard with such a small quote, was the intent more that she couldn't have due to her health and thus it was proof? Was it that she wished she could help but her health prevented her? The testimony from her brother that she wasn't involved and that he was trying to spare his own wife, and Hoover's recommendation against execution both speak in her favor. It sounds like it was her brother and her husband, and she may not have felt she could do anything about it if she wanted to.

      I understand her sons' desire to see her name cleared. But I suspect there's probably no way to do that totally.