Rosenberg figure admits spying

In yet another moment of history that should silence the few Stalinists still running around America, Morton Sobell now admits he was indeed a Soviet spy.

Sobell, convicted in 1951 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, of which he served 18, had steadfastly maintained his innocence to this point.

But, that’s changed — dramatically.

Not only does he admit spying himself, Sobell directly fingers Julius Rosenberg.

At the same time, Sobell, agreeing with the consensus of historians that Rosenberg’s info — sketches and other atomic bomb details that the government said were passed along to Julius Rosenberg by Ethel’s brother, David Greenglass — were of little value to the Soviets, except to corroborate information from Klaus Fuchs and others.

Sobell made his statement in response to information released by the National Archives, in response to a lawsuit from the nonprofit National Security Archive, historians and journalists. The information comes from grand jury testimony in the espionage conspiracy case against him and the Rosenbergs.

The information also confirms that, if not innocent of every dot and tittle, Ethel Rosenberg was certainly no spy.