Daily Hampshire Gazette 09/23/08

For Rosenberg sons, full story of case still out of reach

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By Larry Parnass

September 23, 2008

EASTHAMPTON - To some, an old man's admission this month about
Soviet-era spying closes the book on one of the most divisive cases in
American legal history.

But two Valley men who've lived this story for a half century - since
their parents' execution June 19, 1953 - continue to believe the full
story cannot yet be written.

After declining interview requests last week, Robert and Michael
Meeropol, the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, broke their silence
Monday with a detailed written appraisal of the significance of the
latest developments in the case.

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Larry Parnass, the Gazette's managing editor for news, can be reached at
lparnass@gazettenet.com <mailto:lparnass@gazettenet.com> [1].