The judge told both men they had been convicted of "a truly monstrous and barbaric crime" and described Wade as a "violent dangerous man with no respect for human life or respect for civilised society".
Terrorism is a vicious, monstrouscrime, but, thankfully, it poses no existential threat to the U.S. Al-Qaeda and allied groups do not possess nuclear-tipped ICBMs, carrier groups, air wings, and armored divisions.
It is likely that the glare of publicity on this monstrouscrime in a paper as important as the Times probably would have caused Stalin to back off, potentially saving millions of lives.