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    Commentary: Don't know much about the history of Russian spying in the US? Blame it on outdated books

    by Sam Wineburg, Los Angeles Times May 31, 2019 3 minutes

    The greatest security breach in the history of the United States occurred during the 1940s and 1950s when American citizens forwarded top-secret information to Soviet agents. Yet the students in my Stanford University classes hardly know about it.

    They're not historically ignorant. They've earned top scores on the Advanced Placement U.S. history exam and can go on at length about the House Un-American Activities Committee, loyalty oaths, Hollywood blacklists and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. But when it comes to Russian spying, their

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