Cette conférence sera en anglais.
This public lecture will be in English.
The Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence
Please join us for the sixth event in 2009 of the Security and Intelligence Roundtable, a series of public lectures and discussions organized by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of Ottawa, co-sponsored by the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS, www.casis.ca).
And We Call This Justice: New Revelations in the Rosenberg Atomic Spy Case
Professor R. Bruce Craig
University of Prince Edward Island
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Odell House, 180 Waller
Professor Craig will offer a fresh perspective on the Cold War’s most famous espionage trial—that of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. While the fact of the Rosenbergs’ involvement in atomic spying is well established, new revelations about their trial reveal it to be a sham and mockery of American jurisprudence.
R. Bruce Craig is a Professor of American History at the University of Prince Edward Island and an adjunct Professor at the American University in Washington, DC. He was elected in 2008 as a Board member of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.
Craig was the plaintiff in a landmark court decision that affirmed that federal courts may unseal grand jury records for the purpose of scholarly historical research. Following the “Craig v. USA” decision, he played a major role in preparing the successful court petition filed by the American Historical Association and others to unseal the Alger Hiss grand jury records. Craig was also responsible for leading the effort to unseal the record of the House Un-American Activities Committee (2001). Most recently, in January 2008, he prepared the lead historical brief for the National Security Archive’s successful effort to unseal the grand jury records of the Ethel and Julius Rosenberg espionage case.
Professor Craig is the author of Treasonable Doubt: The Harry Dexter White Espionage Case (2004) and is currently writing a biography of Alger Hiss.
• A light lunch will be available. For additional information about the Roundtable, please contact Professor Wesley Wark at wkwark@aol.com
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