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.”