"Stuart Grey" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Stuart Grey" wrote in message
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But the Vennona project provided conclusive evidence that McCarthy and
others were right.


Let's not forget, based on Soviet archives made available to researchers
in
1991, McCarthy proved to be WRONG in every case but one (possibly two)
about
WHO those people were.

What are you talking about? McCarthy was damned because he refused to
name them. The one he did name was dead on a soviet agent.

This is a myth. McCarthy's committee publicly named 83 individuals because
they had invoked the 5th Amendment in private hearings. He specifically
accused these people of treason: Howard McMurray, Mary Jane Keeney, John
Service, Gustavo Duran, Julian Wadleigh, and Harlow Shapley.

He also gave additional names to the Senate -- 81 of them -- accusing them
of communist "involvement." Some had, indeed, been communists during the
'30s. Most had nothing to do with communism.

Although McCarthy did try in the early days to keep names private, he
loosened his grip on that effort as he came under more political heat.
Eventually, he was accusing everyone in sight.


Perhaps you're thinking of the House Un-American activities committee,
which DID make mistakes.

Another kettle of fish...and reptiles, amphibians, and bird-brains.


He knew something was going on, but he destroyed a lot of lives and
careers
because he really didn't care who he painted with his brush.

Now I know you're talking about the HUAC. Senator McCarthy was a
senator, not a member of the house.

Nope. The McCarthy committee was a Senate committee.

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Ed Huntress