Daniel Galt was inspired by the real case of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for spying for the Soviet Union after a trial with some extremely shaky evidence from a witness who quite possibly was coerced into changing his story to avoid a lengthy or capital sentence. Their family insisted for ages that they were victims of Cold War paranoia, and understandably so. It was only revealed much later that Soviet cables confirmed that Julius was definitely a spy and Ethel also had some involvement, though the level of that involvement is debated.
I had read that they pushed the charges on Ethel, the wife, because the government attorneys thought it would put more pressure on the husband. Apparently it didn’t get any more results but they continued with the charges and executed her anyway. Sort of like charging your child with conspiracy to get you to confess. You don’t confess, so they put the kid to death just because they charged them.
@@jameswilliams3581 she wrote up all his reports to the Soviets. She recruited her brother to the spy ring. She wasn’t some innocent flower, but an active participant in treason.
Considering the history of the time, He's right to challenge the accusation - many people were falsly accused of being members of the communist Party or spies for the Soviets with little to no evidence. In some cases, the Communist Party was attractive to people who saw the shiny facade of the Soviets or those who were significantly hindered by their own government. Heck, Oppenheimer's classification review was a perfect example of the political circus that happened during that time. Unless you show incontrovertible evidence (as Nancy did), the US government has messed up enough that we should approach any accusation with caution.
@@galwitprifor001 Actually many people that were Communists were not accused and Hollywood spent 60 years drumming up weepy stories of the poor persecuted people. Being a Communist is the same as being a Nazi and the fact is that the Communists had agents in our entertainment, our media, our academia, and our government who were actively trying to insert propaganda if not drum up an actual revolution. An actual examination of history shows that not only wasn't McCarthy wrong, he didn't go nearly far enough. As evidenced today by members of academia and our own politicians self-identifying as Marxist who seek to overthrow our own government, no matter how many flowery speeches they give about '''''socialist'''' Scandinavia.
And the second he was presented with real evidence he changed his tune. There is nothing wrong with being firm in one’s beliefs as long as those beliefs are based on evidence. Once shaky evidence was replaced with something much more solid, Sam dropped his skepticism. It’s how we should all act.
Well the cover sheet was blue and blue is only confidential. The lowest of the 3 classifications. So all this code word nonsense they are speaking of is BS
@@pauldonnelly910 - No, they are not. The cover sheets themselves have the statement "This cover sheet is unclassified" printed on them. There are bins with them on the walls next to photocopiers and printers so that documents can be covered as soon as they are created.
Well, I also can't see Nancy spending hours running a black marker over a file. So likely what happened was she asked her staff to prepare a non code-word clearance version of the file, one that is redacted. Once created, it would no longer need the color that denotes classified.
Daniel Galt was inspired by the real case of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for spying for the Soviet Union after a trial with some extremely shaky evidence from a witness who quite possibly was coerced into changing his story to avoid a lengthy or capital sentence. Their family insisted for ages that they were victims of Cold War paranoia, and understandably so. It was only revealed much later that Soviet cables confirmed that Julius was definitely a spy and Ethel also had some involvement, though the level of that involvement is debated.
“Yes.” But the more on point case is Alger Hiss.
I had read that they pushed the charges on Ethel, the wife, because the government attorneys thought it would put more pressure on the husband. Apparently it didn’t get any more results but they continued with the charges and executed her anyway. Sort of like charging your child with conspiracy to get you to confess. You don’t confess, so they put the kid to death just because they charged them.
@@jameswilliams3581 she wrote up all his reports to the Soviets. She recruited her brother to the spy ring.
She wasn’t some innocent flower, but an active participant in treason.
2:41 Do you believe me...
She became the mom on blackish
Tracee Ellis Ross is on Blackish. This is Anna Deveare.
@@dgs8011 Anna Devere was on Black-ish, she played Tracee Ellis Ross/Bow's mother.
She gave him several chances to stop putting his foot in his mouth, but he was determined.
Considering the history of the time, He's right to challenge the accusation - many people were falsly accused of being members of the communist Party or spies for the Soviets with little to no evidence. In some cases, the Communist Party was attractive to people who saw the shiny facade of the Soviets or those who were significantly hindered by their own government. Heck, Oppenheimer's classification review was a perfect example of the political circus that happened during that time. Unless you show incontrovertible evidence (as Nancy did), the US government has messed up enough that we should approach any accusation with caution.
This is a post hock justification. Both parties are right in this scene, that's why it's so good.
@@galwitprifor001 Actually many people that were Communists were not accused and Hollywood spent 60 years drumming up weepy stories of the poor persecuted people.
Being a Communist is the same as being a Nazi and the fact is that the Communists had agents in our entertainment, our media, our academia, and our government who were actively trying to insert propaganda if not drum up an actual revolution.
An actual examination of history shows that not only wasn't McCarthy wrong, he didn't go nearly far enough. As evidenced today by members of academia and our own politicians self-identifying as Marxist who seek to overthrow our own government, no matter how many flowery speeches they give about '''''socialist'''' Scandinavia.
And the second he was presented with real evidence he changed his tune. There is nothing wrong with being firm in one’s beliefs as long as those beliefs are based on evidence. Once shaky evidence was replaced with something much more solid, Sam dropped his skepticism. It’s how we should all act.
Well the cover sheet was blue and blue is only confidential. The lowest of the 3 classifications. So all this code word nonsense they are speaking of is BS
If memory serves, the various color schemes, fonts etc that used to denote levels of classification are thesemvles classified.
Lighten up, Francis.
@@pauldonnelly910 - No, they are not. The cover sheets themselves have the statement "This cover sheet is unclassified" printed on them. There are bins with them on the walls next to photocopiers and printers so that documents can be covered as soon as they are created.
@@pauldonnelly910 lol ummm no they are not.
don't nitpick
Well, I also can't see Nancy spending hours running a black marker over a file. So likely what happened was she asked her staff to prepare a non code-word clearance version of the file, one that is redacted. Once created, it would no longer need the color that denotes classified.