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Roy Cohn's Complex Evil Legacy
- Roy Cohn was a ruthless, sociopathic power broker who weaponized evil effectively in US politics.
- He was both loyal to his friends and monstrously abusive, embodying human evil uniquely.
Scrapbook of Shame
- As a boy, Roy Cohn loved his imprisoned uncle Bernard and kept a scrapbook about him.
- His mother was ashamed and took away the scrapbook, showing early family dysfunction.
Roy Cohn's Ruthless Rosenberg Tactics
- Julius Rosenberg was a Soviet spy who leaked atomic secrets, but Ethel's involvement was exaggerated.
- Cohn pushed for both their executions, leveraging the case to boost his ruthless reputation.