Posted on 09/11/2008 3:45:45 PM PDT by RKV
Ever since he was tried and convicted with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges in 1951, Morton Sobell has maintained his innocence.
A U.S. Marshal escorted Morton Sobell, left, to Federal Court in New York in March of 1951.
Until now. In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Sobell, who served nearly 19 years in Alcatraz and other federal prisons, admitted for the first time that he had been a Soviet spy. And he implicated his fellow defendant, Julius Rosenberg, in a conspiracy that delivered to the Soviets vital classified military information and what the American government claimed was the secret to the atomic bomb.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Another example of how FR is a great resource to connect with history via little known, anecdotal events.
Thanks for posting that.
Thanks abb.
Morton Sobell turns 96 today!
This guy turns 97 today.
Morton Sobell turns 100 today!
Morton Sobell turns 101 today.
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