Posted on 02/05/2006 7:44:29 AM PST by Pharmboy
A profile of Rachel Meeropol, the lead lawyer for a group of Muslim immigrants suing the United States government, explains why she went to work for the Center for Constitutional Rights.
"Rachel's interest in prisoners' rights work stems from her family's firsthand experience with the destructive impact of the criminal 'justice' system on communities and individuals," the profile explains cryptically, without mentioning the most famous members of her family.
When he was 6, the boy's birth parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed at Sing Sing on June 19, 1953, for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
"I was in first grade, and my teacher asked if any of the kids in the class knew of any holidays that happened in June. And I raised my hand and said, well, on June 19 in New York City people celebrate my grandparents. And the teacher said, 'I'm sorry I've never heard of that holiday.' "
More than 50 years later, it is widely accepted that in the 1940's Julius Rosenberg was, in fact, a Soviet spy. His network passed along military and industrial secrets, most notably details about the atomic bomb, most of which the Russians had obtained from other sources. Legally, Ethel Rosenberg is considered much less culpable: Within the last few years, her brother, David Greenglass, also charged in the conspiracy, acknowledged that he had lied when he delivered the most incriminating evidence against her.
Ms. Meeropol said of her grandparents, "I don't know what they did, but I know they couldn't get a fair trial, that the death penalty was wrong, and that they weren't guilty of what they were convicted of."
Suppose Soviet archives conclusively revealed that her grandfather was a spy?
"It's not something I've spent much time thinking about," she replied.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
What a tragedy that Michael and Robert Rosenberg were handed over to their parents' CPUSA chums, Anne and Abel Meeropol, instead of a stringently closed adoption to a loving, religious Orthodox Jewish family.
Indeed. While genes are important, environment sure is too!
They'll cut her throat when they're done with her.
She probably wanted to be a journalist for one of the formerly mainstream networks, where her politics would have fit in just fine, but she's too ugly.
I was once a seven-times-a-week buyer and reader but I've now reduced my NY Times reading to the minimum. The only money they get from me is for on-line access to their crossword puzzles.
My biggest fear is that they'll package the puzzles with the op-ed jerks and up the price. Then I'll have a real tough decision to make.
It's become the daily equivalent of The Nation.
BTW that was a great rant!
Just another apology for traitors to our country. Can't blame the kids for trying to paint their parents in a different light.
Sorry it doesn't work. The Rosenbergs were traitors. You can't paint it in any other way.
But the Slimes sure tries, dunnit?
brainwashed stooge that's never been west of the Hudson River...
just a guess from a flyover country boy (VOA)
Prolly a really good guess, friend...
link to some of the dirt on The National Lawyers Guild:
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6162
...but she does have a face for radio.
traitors is as traitors does
So, like many leftists I know, she just doesn't want to think about the horrendous actions of her grandparents. To think about it may cause her to realize that some people are pure evil, thereby invalidating her lifelong views on a number of subjects. To acknowledge THAT will mean all those swanky cocktail-party invitations will stop arriving.
Suppose Soviet archives conclusively revealed that her grandfather was a spy? "It's not something I've spent much time thinking about," she replied.Nope, spends all her time trying to get Moslem terrorists off the hook.
Y'know, every one of her quotes makes it pretty clear that this woman is of very limited intellectual capacity. She was easy for the left to brainwash from birth.
"she went to work for the Center for Constitutional Rights"
I didn't realize being a traitor could be hereditary.
Center for Constitutional Rights is Ramsey Clarke's and Lynn Stewart's stomping grounds.
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