A little history: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to receive that penalty during peacetime.

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The indictment says "visible classified information" has been redacted from this Dec. 7, 2021, image of a Mar-a-Lago storage room. Photo: Justice Department via AP

Axios -"TRUMP was personally involved" in packing classified info into boxes, the Justice Department indictment says. The indictment says Trump showed classified documents to others two different times in 2021, including at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., when he shared details of a secret military plan with others — a writer, publisher and two staff members."[A]s president I could have declassified it," he said. "Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret." "[H]undreds of classified documents" included information “regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack."

THE INDICTMENT

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The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

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