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CNN58 years later, Rosenberg spy case gets another look
updated 5:28 p.m. EDT, Wed July 23, 2008
By Ronni Berke
CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- After 58 years, historians and journalists will have a chance to examine the secret grand jury testimony of witnesses in the espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
The couple was investigated in 1950, tried in 1951 for conspiracy to commit espionage and convicted and sentenced to death in 1953.
Cold War scholars are hoping the grand jury transcripts will shed light on some nagging questions about the case: primarily, just how strong the case was against Ethel Rosenberg.
The National Security Archive, the American Historical Association, the Georgetown University Law Center and others have petitioned to have the transcripts of 46 witnesses released to the public.
In an unusual move, federal authorities have said that because of the historic significance of the case, they do not oppose releasing the transcripts of testimony from witnesses who have died or who do not object to their release.
Of the 46 grand jury witnesses, 36 are deceased or do not object to releasing the transcripts. Three others are thought to have died; four have not been found.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/23/rosenberg.hearing/index.html
Related story posted yesterday:
Rosenberg evidence kept secret
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