Friends Speaker Series: Rosenberg & Snowden

Starts:
6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Address:
George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave
Room:
Metcalf Ballroom, Second Floor
Contact Organization:
HGARC
Contact Name:
Christopher Gately
Contact Phone:
617-353-3696
Fees:
affiliation
Fee (General):
25.00
Fee (Staff):
25.00
Fee (Students):
25.00
Fee (BU Students):
0.00
Fee (Seniors):
25.00
Speakers:
Michael & Robert Meeropol, Jonathan Alter, Stephen Kinzer, Joseph Wippl, Igor Lukes, & John Carroll
Audience:
public
A panel discussion focusing on two famous cases of espionage in American history: the treason case of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg and Edward Snowden’s NSA document-leaking. Featuring panelists Michael & Robert Meeropol, sons of the Rosenbergs; journalists Jonathan Alter and Stephen Kinzer; former CIA agent for over 30 years Joseph Wippl; Cold War historian Igor Lukes; and moderated by John Carroll, former WGBH moderator for “Beat The Press.”