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'''Julius Rosenberg''' was an [[American]] [[Communist]] and [[USSR Soviet]] espionage agent who was executed in 1953, along with his wife, for giving nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]].  At the time, the trial and sentence were controversial, as some people argue that the Rosenbergs did not get a fair trial. However, since the [[Venona]] disclosures, all pretense of innocence on the part of the Rosenbergs has been dispelled.

'''Julius Rosenberg''' was an [[American]] [[Communist]] and [[USSR|Soviet]] espionage agent who was executed in 1953, along with his wife, for giving nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]].  At the time, the trial and sentence were controversial, as some people argue that the Rosenbergs did not get a fair trial. However, since the [[Venona]] disclosures, all pretense of innocence on the part of the Rosenbergs has been dispelled.

For years the Rosenbergs' defenders demanded that the government reveal its secrets about the case.  When the [[Moynihan Secrecy Commission]] forced the disclosure of documents, the secrets revealed the government's case was even stronger. <ref>Daniel Patrick Moynihan, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'', (New Haven: Yale University Press 1998), pg. 62.</ref> "Over the years," said Ronald Radosh, "the Rosenbergs' defenders have loudly demanded the release of government documents on the case, only to deny the documents' significance once they are made public." <ref>Ronald Radosh and Joyce Milton, ''The Rosenberg File'', 2d ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997), pgs. 471-72.</ref>

For years the Rosenbergs' defenders demanded that the government reveal its secrets about the case.  When the [[Moynihan Secrecy Commission]] forced the disclosure of documents, the secrets revealed the government's case was even stronger. <ref>Daniel Patrick Moynihan, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'', (New Haven: Yale University Press 1998), pg. 62.</ref> "Over the years," said Ronald Radosh, "the Rosenbergs' defenders have loudly demanded the release of government documents on the case, only to deny the documents' significance once they are made public." <ref>Ronald Radosh and Joyce Milton, ''The Rosenberg File'', 2d ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997), pgs. 471-72.</ref>