Monday, July 6, 2015

Today in 1950 - Second Atomic Spy Indicted


July 6, 1950

Second Atomic Spy Indicted


David Greenglass became the second American atomic workers to be indicted for espionage.  Born March 2, 1922 Greenglass was an atomic spy for the Soviet Union who worked on the Manhattan Project. He provided testimony that helped convict his sister and brother-in-law Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for their spying activity. Greenglass served nine and half years in prison. He later stated that, at the urging of prosecutors, he lied at the Rosenbergs' trial, falsely implicating his sister Ethel Rosenberg, to protect himself and his wife

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