Judith Coplon, Haunted by Espionage Case, Dies at 89
Like Alger Hiss and the Rosenberg's, she went to her grave denying her treachery.
The Times's story is a fair presentation of the basic facts. They give her daughter a lot of space to justify her actions which amounts to the current party line:
“If you feel that what you’re doing answers to a higher ideal, it’s not treason.”
Ronald Radosh and Daniel Flynn have useful correctives to this sort of balderdash:
Another American Spy for the Soviets Dies … and the Left Regards Her as a Hero
Spies Like Us
The FBI's pursuit of Coplon is told by the FBI man who was at the heart of the investigation. It's a great read and illustrates the problems that prosecutors face when dealing with spies and terrorists.
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