"Trump in the end will be shown to have been the most damaging Cold War traitor since the Rosenbergs

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40. The book and other revelations about David Greenglass cuts both ways

Greenglass admitted that he lied and released Grand Jury transcripts show that Ruth lied. It shows that the evidence of Ethels' involvement was fabricated.

It also confirms however that Julius was instrumental in recruiting both David and Ruth Greenglass undermining the whole "Julius is a scapegoat theme".

You might find the following from the Rosenberg's children letter to the NYT after the Roberts book came out interesting:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/opinion/the-meeropol-brothers-exonerate-our-mother-ethel-rosenberg.html


Even now, some observers insist that both Julius and Ethel recommended the recruitment of Ruth as a spy and that Ethel had knowledge of and agreed with her husband’s activities.

It is impossible to prove that someone played no role in a secret conspiracy. Yes, the evidence indicates that Ethel was at least generally aware of Julius’s activities. When Julius importuned Ruth to ask David to spy, Ethel encouraged her, according to Ruth. The K.G.B. files, however, tell a different story. They report that Ruth felt it was a “privilege” to be asked. They also note that rather than encouraging Ruth, Ethel urged caution. Assuming the K.G.B. files’ accuracy, this could indicate that Ethel, rather than Ruth, was the reluctant one, or it could have been part of Ethel’s effort to protect the secrecy of their work.

Other skeptics point to the Venona intercepts, intelligence cables from Soviet agents in the 1940s that were released in 1995. One snippet stated that “Liberal” — Julius’s code name — “and his wife” recommended Ruth. (Scholars mostly agree that the intercepts show that Julius was a spy, but don’t agree on the extent of Ethel’s involvement.)

There is evidence that Ethel was actively supporting Julius's spying but there isn't enough to support a conviction.