The article by Cal Thomas defending the building of the border fence was right on target [Oped, “If You Build It, They Won’t Come,” June 26, 2008].

He points out the nonsensical reasons for opposing the fence — such as that it inhibits the mating of wildcats — and the false analogism such as the June 30th Time magazine article implying it is similar to the Berlin Wall, whose purpose was to keep people in.

I also stress the absolute necessity of learning not only English, but American history.

HERB JURIST

Freeport, N.Y.

‘A Grand Jury Unlocked’

The most important lesson to be learned from the post-World War I and post-World War II Red Scares, the Japanese internment, and our current War on Terror, is that no matter how formidable an enemy may perceived to be, as your editorial put it so eloquently: “This does not mean that we have to abandon our system of civil liberties, presumption of innocence, and common decency” [Editorial, “A Grand Jury Unlocked,” July 1, 2008].

Over the years, more and more people all over the world have perceived the Rosenberg case as that of an American Dreyfus.

The National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, confident that exoneration will eventually come, is very much alive, thank you, and hardly “a dwindling group of leftists.”

Those scholars who honestly seek the truth deserve our support, along with the latest decision of the government regarding the grand jury transcripts.

May they all be declassified and released, as completely and as quickly as possible.

LEONARD LEHRMAN

Co-director National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case

Valley Stream, N.Y.