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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>

On September 7, 1942, NKVD officer Semen Semenov recruited Julius Rosenberg to spy for the Soviet Union at a Labor Day rally in New York City.<ref>Aleksandr Feklisov, and Sergei Kostin, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dp8gAQAAIAAJ The Man Behind the Rosenbergs]'' (Enigma Books, 2001) ISBN 1-929631-08-1, p. 109</ref> Rosenberg formed his own underground cell, and recruited several people, including his wife Ethel, Joel Barr, Alfred Sarant,<ref>Steven T. Usdin, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QTdWLFXKw_UC Engineering communism: how two Americans spied for Stalin and founded the Soviet Silicon Valley]'' (Yale University Press, 2005) ISBN 0300108745, p. 66</ref> Russell McNutt,<ref>John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: the rise and fall of the KGB in America]'' (Yale University Press, 2009) ISBN 0300123906, p. 36</ref> and his wife Ethel's sister-in-law, Ruth Greenglass.

On September 7, 1942, NKVD officer Semen Semenov recruited Julius Rosenberg to spy for the Soviet Union at a Labor Day rally in New York City.<ref>Aleksandr Feklisov, and Sergei Kostin, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dp8gAQAAIAAJ The Man Behind the Rosenbergs]'' (Enigma Books, 2001) ISBN 1-929631-08-1, p. 109</ref> Rosenberg formed his own underground cell, and recruited several people, including his wife Ethel, Joel Barr, Alfred Sarant,<ref>Steven T. Usdin, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QTdWLFXKw_UC Engineering communism: how two Americans spied for Stalin and founded the Soviet Silicon Valley]'' (Yale University Press, 2005) ISBN 0300108745, p. 66</ref> Russell McNutt,<ref>[[John Earl Haynes]], [[Harvey Klehr] and [[Alexander Vassiliev]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: the rise and fall of the KGB in America]'' (Yale University Press, 2009) ISBN 0300123906, p. 36</ref> and his wife Ethel's sister-in-law, Ruth Greenglass.

Two weeks after Rosenberg was recruited, an encrypted cable from the [[NKVD]]'s [[New York City|New York]] station to [[Moscow]] Center implicated him and his wife Ethel in "talent-spotting" for the NKVD. This cable stated that "Ruth GREENGLASS" had been "recommended" to the NKVD by her husband's sister, and by that sister's husband:

Two weeks after Rosenberg was recruited, an encrypted cable from the [[NKVD]]'s [[New York City|New York]] station to [[Moscow]] Center implicated him and his wife Ethel in "talent-spotting" for the NKVD. This cable stated that "Ruth GREENGLASS" had been "recommended" to the NKVD by her husband's sister, and by that sister's husband: