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November 3, 2020 33 mins
David Greenglass was thoroughly vetted before he started working on the secret military operation that was creating the atomic bomb. At least, that's what they thought. Unfortunately Greenglass had friends on the other side, and used his position to divulge some of the U.S.'s deepest secrets.



This episode was co-created by Wendy Scripps who assisted with research and writing.



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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/us/david-greenglass-spy-who-helped-seal-the-rosenbergs-doom-dies-at-92.html

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/court-records/rosenberg-greenglass.pdf

https://youtu.be/JvrOyVtGCw8

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/david-greenglass

https://spartacus-educational.com/USAgreenglass.htm

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/atom-spy-caserosenbergs

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-david-greenglass-20141014-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Engineer_Works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
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