LEO ROSENBAUM
He was born during nineteen twenty-three in the Bronx and grew up in the state of New York. Leo studied chemistry at three universities amidst the nineteen forties and later became a medical laboratory technician. He enlisted with the US Army during WWII, received two Purple Hearts, and returned to his education following the end of hostilities. Rosenbaum was hired by the CIA in the position of librarian during nineteen fifty-one and would eventually transition to the role of document analyst. He spent two subsequent years that decade within Japan performing operations as the Soviet Branch officer for the CIA’s Tokyo Station.
Leo was reassigned to the role of Soviet Russia Division operations officer and participated in related projects from CIA headquarters amid the nineteen sixties. His close friend James McCord was arrested during the nineteen seventies for his participation in the Watergate scandal and faced legal charges. Rosenbaum would inquire with Agency officials regarding possibly contributing to McCord’s defense fund and testifying on his behalf if called by congressional investigators. Howard J. Osborn of the CIA’s Office of Security expressly told him that such actions would not be in Leo’s or the Agency’s best interests.
