[Willie Green]

He always expressed regret that the Rosenbergs had been executed;

Up until this sentence, he seemed to be an admirable man.

[ErnBatavia]

He always expressed regret that the Rosenbergs had been executed

Damn! I was thinking this was a helluva guy...right up until this last paragraph.....oh well.

[Dialup Llama]

One, codenamed Liberal, had appeared in six separate messages...The name of Liberal’s wife was Ethel, one of the key clues that led to the uncovering of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who, in 1953, were sent to the electric chair.

Why does this not surprise me?

[fone]

>>>Meredith Knox Gardner was born in Okolona, Mississippi in 1913. He studied at Texas University and then Wisconsin, where he received a Masters degree in Languages.<<

Rosenburg comment aside, it's amazing he learned so many languages. May he rest in peace.

[Bonaparte]

Both of the Rosenbergs knew they were playing a deadly game, that they were betraying their country, the country that had taken their people in when they were persecuted everywhere else. Anybody who has read their letters to eachother knows that they had utter contempt for Americans and our way of life and that they both believed in communism. Their letters further revealed that these rotten little egotists believed they were earning a "place in history" for themselves by supporting communism against freedom. Not content to betray America by themselves, they actively recruited others. This included Ethel, who dragged Greenglass into their schemes. They were shocked that we were willing to play hardball with them and the only shame upon us is that we did not subject them to hanging, the only suitable form of execution for vermin like them. It was good enough for General Washington and it's good enough for me.

[MacArthur]

Thank you for posting this.