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McCarthy targeted--again. (Cover Story: History).(Cover Story)

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| June 16, 2003 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Media spin aside, newly released transcripts from Senator Joseph McCarthy's closed committee hearings validate his efforts to expose subversive forces in our government.

It was a dark and shameful period in our nation's history. Law-abiding private citizens, whose only "offense" was to express unpopular political opinions, were publicly demonized and falsely accused of working on behalf of a hostile foreign power. They came under the invasive scrutiny of the federal government, which used self-appointed spies to infiltrate legal political gatherings to collect personal information on those in attendance.

The campaign of suppression culminated in a ...

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