Miriam Schneir

Miriam Schneir is co-author with Walter Schneir of Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case (Melville House, 2011). She is at work on a history of feminism.

The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange

The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange

Since 1917, the US government has used the Espionage Act to restrict freedom of speech, to imprison activists and whistle-blowers, and to dismantle progressive organizations.

May 30, 2019 / Feature / Miriam Schneir

the sons of Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother

“We are giving the United States government the chance…to acknowledge the terrible wrong it did to her and to us.”

Jan 19, 2017 / Miriam Schneir

Rosenbergs

It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

A new book reveals how the government struggled to sell the Rosenbergs’ murder to a skeptical world

Jun 1, 2016 / Miriam Schneir

Cables Coming in From the Cold Cables Coming in From the Cold

There's good reason to be skeptical about the government's Venona releases and the claim that they are the final word on the cold-war espionage cases.

Apr 16, 2009 / Feature / Walter Schneir and Miriam Schneir

Cables Coming in From the Cold Cables Coming in From the Cold

Nearly four years ago, soon after the initial public release by the National Security Agency (NSA) of its long-secret Venona archive--decoded Soviet intelligence messages transmi...

Jun 17, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Walter Schneir and Miriam Schneir

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