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According to some sources the prosecution and judge (entirely improperly?!) discussed marking Sobell for execution along with Julius, rather than Ethel Rosenberg. Anyone know if this is reliable enough to include*? (It would certainly tend to mark out the decision to sentence ER as based on other than strict questions of guilt).

eg Congressional Hearings 1982, statement of Maarshall Perlin???

The present article implies that Sobell is no longer living - is this intentional? Linuxlad 14:09, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we know the sentences on the Rosenbergs weren't based on "strict questions of guilt" because on the evidence presented David Greenglass was guilty of more. His wife Ruth was also named a co-conspirator, but never even charged.--Jack Upland (talk) 03:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If Sobell was a spy (as confessed) he must have spied on something. But apparently he hasn't confessed this yet!--Jack Upland (talk) 09:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify: I think the secrets that he apparently gave to the Soviet Union should be mentioned. After all, he doesn't seem to have had a military role.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:04, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Formulation

In 2008, at age 91, he told The New York Times that he did turn over military secrets to the Soviets during World War II, though he describes them as "junk" and says they were of no value to the Soviet Union. This was the first time he publicly admitted guilt. There is big difference between the phrase "He admitted he turned over military secrets" and the phrase "He admitted guilt". According to the article in the NY Times, Morton Sobell said the first, not the second. - 91.122.3.121 (talk) 10:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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