Episode 33 - Code Name Venona Pt 1

In 1950 the cold war was warming up and Americans feared communism as if it was the plague. An anti-espionage program called Code Name Venona was used to decrypt Soviet cables in the 1940's. Those cables would expose a large spy ring and eventually a married couple would be put to death in 1953 for their involvement. This divided the nation between people who felt the punishment was just and necessary to prevent more espionage and others who felt the couple were scapegoats used to suppress communism in America. Listen along as we break down the case, 70 years after the infamous executions of the Rosenbergs. Music by GioeleFazzeri from Pixabay