::''By 1950, when it was learned that Weisband had revealed the existence of the VENONA project to the Soviets, the United States Government possessed information which the American public desperately needed to know: proof that there had been a serious attack on American security by the Soviet Union, with considerable assistance from what was, indeed, an “enemy within.” The fact that we knew this was now known to, or sufficiently surmised by, the Soviet authorities. Only the American public was denied this information.'' [http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/appa7.html] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 01:00, 29 March 2007 (EDT) | ::''By 1950, when it was learned that Weisband had revealed the existence of the VENONA project to the Soviets, the United States Government possessed information which the American public desperately needed to know: proof that there had been a serious attack on American security by the Soviet Union, with considerable assistance from what was, indeed, an “enemy within.” The fact that we knew this was now known to, or sufficiently surmised by, the Soviet authorities. Only the American public was denied this information.'' [http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/appa7.html] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 01:00, 29 March 2007 (EDT) |