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  • September 2008

    • Ethel Was Innocent: Witness

      New York Times  |  Sep 12, 08 3:16 AM CDT

      Ethel Was Innocent: Witness

      (Newser) - A co-defendant of Julius and Ethel  Rosenberg has admitted for the first time that he was a Soviet spy—and that she was innocent. Morton Sobell, 91, passed military secrets to the Communists in World War II when the nations were still allies, he told the New York Times . Sobell, who served 18 years for espionage, said Julius did pass secrets but Ethel, executed with her husband in 1953, was guilty of nothing more than being Mrs. Rosenberg. More »

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      Cold War  • Soviet Union  • espionage  • Communists  • atomic bomb

  • July 2008

    • Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      Reuters  |  Jul 23, 08 4:41 AM CDT

      Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      (Newser) - Evidence that could clear the name of Ethel Rosenberg must stay under wraps to protect grand jury secrecy, a judge ruled yesterday. Ethel and husband Julius were executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. Her brother David Greenglass, who testified against her, has since said he lied about Ethel's role to protect his own wife from prosecution. But he has requested that his grand jury testimony not be made public. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • Soviet Union  • espionage  • Communists  • atomic bomb

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • Hiroshima Bomb Pilot Dead at 92

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 3:19 PM CDT

      Hiroshima Bomb Pilot Dead at 92

      (Newser) - The commander and pilot of the B-29 that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945—the first military use of nuclear weapons—died today, the Associated Press reports. Paul Tibbets was 92, and requested no funeral or headstone for fear that they might attract anti-nuclear protesters. Tibbets always said he had no regrets about the mission. More »

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      Japan  • obituary  • nuclear weapons  • World War II  • atomic bomb  • Nagasaki  • Hiroshima

  • October 2007

    • Radiation Weapon Plot Comes to Light

      Associated Press  |  Oct 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT

      Radiation Weapon Plot Comes to Light

      (Newser) - Newly declassified Army documents reveal the US mulled the use of a radioactive weapon to assassinate “important individuals” and contaminate “critical areas for long periods of time.” The heavily censored records date to 1948 and show the weapon was approved for development at the highest levels, reports the AP, which originally requested the documents in 1995. More »

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      Japan  • US Army  • nuclear weapons  • censorship  • Cold War  • radiation  • atomic bomb

  • July 2007

    • Japanese Pol Resigns Over A-Bomb Gaffe

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 07 8:08 AM CDT

      Japanese Pol Resigns Over A-Bomb Gaffe

      (Newser) - Japan's defense minister has resigned in a storm of protest over remarks he made last weekend that the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. Fumio Kyuma said he understood the US decision to drop the bombs, and that "it couldn't be helped." He also suggested that the abrupt end to the war was better for Japan, the AP reports. More »

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      Japan  • Nagasaki  • atomic bomb  • Hiroshima

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