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In reply to the discussion: 7/31/2019: Trump spoke with Putin; 8/3/2019: Trump issued a request for a list of top US spies [View all]Fritz Walter
(4,372 posts)52. Our nation executed the Rosenbergs for similar crimes
From Wikipedia:
(Julius and Ethel) Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were convicted of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines and valuable nuclear weapon designs. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to receive that penalty during peacetime.
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For decades many people including the Rosenbergs' sons (Michael and Robert Meeropol) maintained that Julius and Ethel were innocent of spying on their country and were victims of Cold War paranoia. The extent of the Rosenbergs' crimes came to light, however, when the U.S. government declassified information about them after the fall of the Soviet Union. This declassified information included a trove of decoded Soviet cables (code-name: Venona), which detailed Julius's role as a courier and recruiter for the Soviets, and information about Ethel's role as an accessory who helped recruit her brother David into the spy ring and did clerical tasks such as typing up documents that Julius then passed to the Soviets. In 2008, the National Archives of the United States published most of the grand jury testimony related to the prosecution of the Rosenbergs.
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For decades many people including the Rosenbergs' sons (Michael and Robert Meeropol) maintained that Julius and Ethel were innocent of spying on their country and were victims of Cold War paranoia. The extent of the Rosenbergs' crimes came to light, however, when the U.S. government declassified information about them after the fall of the Soviet Union. This declassified information included a trove of decoded Soviet cables (code-name: Venona), which detailed Julius's role as a courier and recruiter for the Soviets, and information about Ethel's role as an accessory who helped recruit her brother David into the spy ring and did clerical tasks such as typing up documents that Julius then passed to the Soviets. In 2008, the National Archives of the United States published most of the grand jury testimony related to the prosecution of the Rosenbergs.
Emphasis added.
In MHO, it's just a matter of time before info about Canteloupe Calligula's numerous crimes becomes available, and it will be just as damning -- if not worse -- than what the Rosenbergs were charged with and convicted of.
At the very least, he should be arrested, arraigned and required to stand trial!
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In the interest of full disclosure, I have family in Taiwan and am very concerned about what he shared with Xi Jinping about that island nation.
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7/31/2019: Trump spoke with Putin; 8/3/2019: Trump issued a request for a list of top US spies [View all]
Nevilledog
Aug 2022
OP
It's all so obvious. The FBI should already be able to identify which docs
lindysalsagal
Aug 2022
#7
I was made aware of him through Reality TV Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous never a watcher
MagickMuffin
Aug 2022
#59
Totally agree. We had so much already established information known about him when he
liberalla
Aug 2022
#61
He must know he's toast. I see Saudi Arabia in his future... if they take him.
Joinfortmill
Aug 2022
#35
They better tread carefully, 'cause Merrick Garland could give two shits about their status
Joinfortmill
Aug 2022
#33
Looks like the death penalty still applies to espionage... He's gonna run.
Joinfortmill
Aug 2022
#32
Thank you! So few are looking to past descriptions of trump lies, misbehavior, criming,
wiggs
Aug 2022
#36
There is no way in hell that Jared and Ivanka didn't know what he was up to either.
llmart
Aug 2022
#49
Tip of the iceberg. Iceberder coming, glacial at times but very cold, big and heavy. Crushing.
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2022
#38
People may have died or been killed due to TFG's stupidity and/or greed
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2022
#60
Maybe it won't be prison? Maybe the death penalty? This is more and more like treason everyday. n
Samrob
Aug 2022
#66
Behind... But reading more of this - list of spies was to find new director NOT
Laura PourMeADrink
Aug 2022
#69