in the 1940s there was this jewish couple, the rosenbergs, who stole atomic secrets from u.s. government labs and smuggled them to the ussr, which led to ussr having the atomic bomb. they were ultimately caught in 1950. the u.s. attorney general at the time was j. howard mcgrath, an american. the rosenbergs were charged with treason, found guilty in a trial, and executed. fast forward to 1960s, there was another jewish man, zalman shapiro, the president of nuclear materials and equipment corporation (numec) of the u.s., who stole atomic secrets and materials, including ready-made weaponized enriched uranium, and smuggled them to israel, which led to israel having the atomic bomb. shapiro was caught in 1976 but never stood trial for his crimes, in fact absolutely nothing happened to him, the whole incident was swept under the rug, and shapiro continued to live in the u.s. for the rest of his days like it didn't even happen. why? what changed between 1950 and 1976? well, the u.s. attorney general has the power to decide who to prosecute or not. so even though shapiro was guilty of treason, the u.s. ag at that time, the jew edward hirsch levi, declined to prosecute him. why?! shapiro committed treason and levi just let him off, just like that?! how can one man be guilty of treason and simply be let off like nothing happened, while others get executed for it?
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