Friday, May 22, 2015

Today in 1950 - Harry Gold arrested for selling Nuclear Secrets



May 22, 1950

Harry Gold arrested for selling Nuclear Secrets


Harry Gold, an American atomic research scientist believed to have assisted Klaus Fuchs in passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets, was arrested by the FBI in Philadelphia and charged with espionage, with the possibility of receiving the death penalty.  Gold's confession implicated David Greenglass, who turned in his own sister, Ethel Rosenberg, and her husband, Julius Rosenberg

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