J. Edgar Hoover Letter

FBI Director Hoover suggests sentencing for the key players in the Rosenberg case, all convicted of passing secrets to the USSR. Despite Hoover recommending leniency, Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel, were both executed. Evidence later came out proving Julius had spied for the Soviets, but Ethel’s guilt remains controversial. Sobell received a more lenient 30 years, and Greenglass 15 years. Both later confessed their guilt.

Intelligence Poster, WWII. View it on display in the Museum's Secrets Revealed pop-up exhibit.