McCarthy questioned the security clearance for a Communist named Annie Lee Moss who worked in the US Army Signal Corps. Critics say although a CPUSA member she was just a low-level clerk.
McCarthy questioned the security clearance for a Communist named Annie Lee Moss who worked in the US Army Signal Corps. Critics say although a CPUSA member she was just a low-level clerk.
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Critics blame McCarthy for objecting to the state department stocking subversive novels that have nothing to do with its mission. They also blame McCarthy for exposing the Communist propagandist [[Dalton Trumbo]], even though McCarthy had nothing to do with it.
McCarthy never had access to secret Venona evidence about Communist spying, and did not successfully expose the extent of Communist influence in the US government.
McCarthy never had access to secret Venona evidence about Communist spying, and did not successfully expose the extent of Communist influence in the US government.