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The Case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during peacetime. Their case would come to symbolize the anti-communist paranoia that gripped the United States during the early years of the Cold War But we may never know the full extent of Ethel's guilt or innocence Or how much Julius's efforts as a spy aided the Soviets in developing their first atomic bomb. In the mid 1980s America's most important spies within the sobi union began to vanish. The CIA launches a desperate hunt for the mole who is exposing their assets A hunt that will lead them to one of the Unlikliest double agents in the history of the Cold war Hey prime members, you can
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