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WhenAmericanphysicistTedHalljoinedtheultra-secretManhattanProjectin1943,hebecametheyoungestscientistworkingonthedevelopmentoftheplutoniumbomb.HewassoshockedbytheresultsthathedecidedtohandoveratomicsecretstotheSovietUnion.Helaterdescribeditasanactofcompassion.Itwas1951,attheheightoftheColdWar,andHall’sactwastantamounttosuicide—thenuclearspiesJuliusandEthelRosenbergwereexecutedforlessseriouscrimes.Asifbysomemiracle,however,TedandhiswifeJoanmanagedtostayoutofthehandsoftheFBI.<br/> Nownearingtheendofherlife,JoanHalllooksbackonthoseyearsandtalksaboutherloveforthemanwhoperhapssavedtheworldfromacatastrophe.ACompassionateSpyistheportraitofanintenselycivilizedandmodestcoupleinabarbarictime.“IfyouthinktheUnitedStatesisnotagoodplacenow,”saysJoan,“itwasworsethen.”
