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Cold War Era Spies
CSPAN ^ | 4/5/2014 | David Chambers, et al.

Posted on 10/10/2014 11:45:13 PM PDT by iowamark

Panelists talked about re-evaluating the lives, motivations, and legacies of American and Soviet Cold War era spies such as Whittaker Chambers, Morton Sobell, Morris Childs, and Julia Brown as new information has been declassified by the CIA and the FBI. 

David Chambers presented “Whittaker Chambers and the Global Network of Great Illegals, 1932-1935.” Jason Roberts presented “An Examination of the Rosenberg Grand Jury Transcripts.” John Fox presented “The FBI’s Eyes on the Communist World: Morris Childs, Cold War Intelligence and the Sino-Soviet Spilt.”

“The Dueling Loyalties of Cold War Era Spies of the U.S. Government and the Soviet Union” was part of the 2014 meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, held at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: coldwar; milhist; whittakerchambers
1 hour, 29 minute video at the link. Airing right now on CSPAN3. The principle speaker is David Chambers, grandson of Whittaker Chambers.
1 posted on 10/10/2014 11:45:13 PM PDT by iowamark
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David Chambers maintains the website:

http://whittakerchambers.org/


2 posted on 10/10/2014 11:51:48 PM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: iowamark

Two fried Rosenbergers, coming right up!


3 posted on 10/11/2014 2:59:08 AM PDT by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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To: iowamark

The FDR administration was loaded with Communists and NKVD/KGB spies, many in top-level positions. The real scandal wasn’t that we finally began to realize who they were and get them out of power: the real scandal was that we have erased the history and smeared the patriots how “outed” them.


4 posted on 10/11/2014 5:01:40 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Me

marked for reading


5 posted on 10/11/2014 5:55:23 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Reagan conservative: All 3 Pillars)
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To: iowamark

Thanks.


6 posted on 10/11/2014 8:32:46 AM PDT by what's up
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