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==Outcome==
==Outcome==
Former [[Franklin Roosevelt]] intimate adviser, [[Thomas Corcoran]], representing several of the accused was able to obtain reduced charges for some and have others dropped. The [[Truman]][[ Justice Department]] swept the matter under the rug. Service was restored to State Department duties. Jaffe and Larsen received fines, and all others were not prosecuted.
Former [[Franklin Roosevelt]] intimate adviser, [[Thomas Corcoran]], representing several of the accused was able to obtain reduced charges for some and have others dropped. The [[Truman]][[Justice Department]] swept the matter under the rug. Service was restored to State Department duties. Jaffe and Larsen received fines, and all others were not prosecuted.
Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] of Wisconsin years later said that FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute. The case displayed every type of security breach imaginable, and federal crime: theft of documents, policy [[subversion (political)|subversion]], cover-up, perjury, and obstruction of justice. McCarthy maintained it was a security breach and cover-up of immense proportions.
Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] of Wisconsin years later said that FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute. The case displayed every type of security breach imaginable, and federal crime: theft of documents, policy [[subversion (political)|subversion]], cover-up, perjury, and obstruction of justice. McCarthy maintained it was a security breach and cover-up of immense proportions.
*Service, John S., ''The Amerasia Papers: Some Problems in the History of US-China Relations'', Center for Chinese Studies, 1971.
*Service, John S., ''The Amerasia Papers: Some Problems in the History of US-China Relations'', Center for Chinese Studies, 1971.
==Reference==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/senate/chapter-13-judiciary-1947-1968.html National Archives, Records of the Committee on the Judiciary and Related Committees]
*[http://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/senate/chapter-13-judiciary-1947-1968.html National Archives, Records of the Committee on the Judiciary and Related Committees]
==External link==
==External links==
*[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=455 McCarthyism: Waging the Cold War in America], by M. Stanton Evans, ''Human Events'', 05/30/1997. Updated 05/08/2003.
*[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=455 McCarthyism: Waging the Cold War in America], by M. Stanton Evans, ''Human Events'', 05/30/1997. Updated 05/08/2003.