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Sonya: Nobody would suspect us. We're women.
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Joan: [Reading a statement to the reporters outside her house]
Joan: I have been accused of passing information to the Russians in the 1940s, information which accelerated their ability to build an atomic bomb. And I have been accused of deceiving my colleagues and my family. This I don't deny. But I have also been accused of deceiving my country.
Joan: [Looks up from her notes and straight at the reporters and into their cameras]
Joan: I'm not a spy. I don't believe in working against one's country. I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing with the West. I'm not a traitor. I... wanted everyone to share the same knowledge because...
Reporter: How much did the Russians pay you?
Joan: Because only that way could the horror of another war be averted. And I think if you look back at history, you'll see I was right.
Olivia Buckland
Extended Reading
