Saturday, September 13, 2008

A-Bomb of a Confession, "Yeah, yeah, yeah..."

NY - In 1951, Morton Sobell was tried and convicted with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges. Through it all, he maintained his innocence.

But on Thursday, Sobell, 91, dramatically reversed himself, shedding new light on a case that still fans smoldering political passions. In an interview, he admitted for the first time that he had been a Soviet spy.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, call it that, I never thought of it as that in those terms," said Sobell. (more)