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Did Roy Cohn Frame Ethel Rosenberg? Her Sons' 50-Year FOIA Quest

Bloomberg·November 5, 2026
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On the Disclosure podcast, how a 50-year FOIA campaign changed the public understanding of the most notorious Cold War espionage case. In 1953, the US executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of conspiring to pass atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets. Their sons, then 6 and 10 years old, have spent a half-century requesting documents the US and prosecutor Roy Cohn used to build its case against their parents. Michael and Robert Meeropol join Jason and Matt to discuss documents from the government's files that contradict the US case against Ethel Rosenberg and have led them to seek a presidential exoneration. (Source: Bloomberg)

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