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Journalists and JournalismMay 30, 2019
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.
Miriam Schneir
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HistoryJanuary 19, 2017
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.”
Miriam Schneir
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Books and IdeasJune 1, 2016
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
Miriam Schneir
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HistoryApril 16, 2009
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.
Walter Schneir and Miriam Schneir
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Nation HistoryJune 17, 1999
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 transmitted by telegraph
Walter Schneir and Miriam Schneir