Posted on 10/20/2014 1:17:52 PM PDT by InMemoriam
A front-page obituary of David Greenglass published this week in the New York Times is seriously flawed. Not only does it contain inaccurate statements of fact, it also misrepresents the views of historians about the Rosenberg atomic espionage case.
The obituary stated that there is a “consensus among historians” that “the Greenglass-Rosenberg atomic bomb details were of little value to the Soviets, except to corroborate what they already knew, and that Ethel Rosenberg had played no active role in the conspiracy.” As five historians who have written six books on Soviet espionage, three specifically on the Rosenberg network and three in which the Rosenberg case was a major focus, we cannot fathom how that statement can be supported.
The obituary states that Greenglass, who worked in the Los Alamos machine shop that produced models of the implosion detonator for plutonium bomb designers, admitted providing to Rosenberg “a crude sketch” of the detonator, a key technical breakthrough by the Manhattan Project. It fails to mention that documents from the KGB archive made available in 2009 state that Greenglass gave Soviet intelligence the ignition cartridge of the detonator and a 33-page letter of details on the bomb that a KGB officer called “highly valuable.”
Soviet archival documents also show that Ethel Rosenberg hid money and espionage paraphernalia for Julius, served as an intermediary for communications with his Soviet intelligence contacts, provided her personal evaluation of individuals Julius considered recruiting, and was present at meetings with his sources. They also demonstrate that Julius reported to the KGB that Ethel persuaded Ruth Greenglass to travel to New Mexico to recruit David as a spy.
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Still covering up for Commies after all these years.
The NYT has reached the foot stamping stage.
The useful idiot, lying marxist spirit of Walter Duranty lives.
The NYT lies again to protect leftists.
This time in an obituary.
Good ol’ NYT. Still stooging for a USSR that no longer exists. Down in hell, Walter Duranty is laughing.
Ah, yes. The old “consensus among (fill in the blank)” ploy.
The history has been successfully revised and is now “settled” LOL
Even if the details were of little value, who cares? The Rs still committed espionage; they need to ride the lightning daily.
Venona proved the Left’s narrative about the Rosenbergs to be all lies.
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