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Please, Release Me! The recent disclosure of the McCarthy transcripts is a window into a misunderstood world.
On May 5, Senators Susan Collins, Maine Republican, and Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, stood together in Sen. Joseph McCarthy's old hearing room to announce the release of previously closed transcripts of executive-session hearings conducted by McCarthy in 1953 and 1954. Collins said she hoped "the excesses of McCarthyism will serve as a cautionary tale"; Levin added that "history is a powerful teacher." But it's important to relay accurately what history tells us -- and here, both the press coverage of the new material and the statements of Donald A. Ritchie, the Senate historian who edited the hearings, leave a great deal to be desired. According to Ritchie, the ...
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