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[[Image:Mcc2.JPG|right|thumb|285px|McCarthy at a fund-raising dinner in 1954]]

[[Image:Mcc2.JPG|right|thumb|285px|McCarthy at a fund-raising dinner in 1954]]

The word '''McCarthyism'''

The word '''McCarthyism''' according to journalist Phil Brennan "was coined in the bowels of NKVD headquarters at 3 Dzerzhinsky Square in Moscow and first published in the Communist ''Daily Worker,'' Moscow’s U.S. house organ with the justified belief that it would be enthusiastically picked up and used by America’s useful liberal idiots." <ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={45A7D4B2-DD6F-4B87-934A-F1811BD31FC5} Symposium: Treason?], By Jamie Glazov, FrontPageMagazine.com , July 25, 2003.</ref>

"was coined in the bowels of NKVD headquarters at 3 Dzerzhinsky Square in Moscow and first published in the Communist ''Daily Worker,'' Moscow’s U.S. house organ with the justified belief that it would be enthusiastically picked up and used by America’s useful liberal idiots." [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={45A7D4B2-DD6F-4B87-934A-F1811BD31FC5}]

It as a derogatory and misleading term, based on false premises. First, Senator McCarthy had nothing to do with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] or the [[Hollywood Blacklist]]. Second, and more important, it was not true that McCarthy was persecuting the innocent or that liberals were merely defending [[civil liberties]].  

It as a derogatory and misleading term, based on false premises. First, Senator McCarthy had nothing to do with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] or the [[Hollywood Blacklist]]. Second, and more important, it was not true that all McCarthy called to testify were innocent or that liberals were merely defending [[civil liberties]].  

The [[Venona intercepts]] prove that McCarthy was right about the extent of Soviet spies in the U.S. government.  

The [[Venona intercepts]] revealed that McCarthy was right about the true extent of Soviet spies in the U.S. government, the danger they presented to national security, and [[subversion (political) |subversion]] of U.S. national interests.

==Pretext==

==Pretext==

[[Senator Joseph McCarthy]] led a prominent public campaign to investigate [[Communist Party of the United States|Communist Party]] members working in sensitive US government jobs in violation of the [[Hatch Act]]. The Hatch Act forbade federal employment of workers who had membership in "any political organization which advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government."  By 1950, it was widely known that the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] had obtained atomic weapons know-how with the assistance of American citizens, many of them government employees. The United States had spent $4 billion to develop the technology, roughly equivalent to $80 billion in today’s money.  International relations were extremely tense at the time, and the knowledge that America's [[Cold War]] enemy had obtained atomic weapons capabilities with the help of American government employees, along with the perception that the [[Truman administration]] did nothing about it, was very worrisome to many.

[[Senator Joseph McCarthy]] led a prominent public campaign to investigate [[Communist Party of the United States|Communist Party]] members working in sensitive US government jobs who were in violation of the [[Hatch Act]] prohibiting  federal employment of workers with membership in "any political organization which advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government."  By 1950, it was widely known that the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] had obtained atomic weapons know-how with the assistance of American citizens, many of them government employees. The United States had spent $4 billion to develop the technology, roughly equivalent to $80 billion today.  The international situation was extremely tense at the time, and public knowledge that America's [[Cold War]] enemy obtained [[nuclear weapons]] capability with the help of federal government employees, along with the perception that the [[Truman administration]] was unconcerned about it, was very worrisome to many.

McCarthy's efforts to remove security risks from government infuriated the American [[Left]], and they often use the term to mean aggressive questioning of someone's background or personal beliefs, or making accusations of disloyalty. It is a derogatory term. It is often used to refer to [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) or the Hollywood Blacklist, even though those weren't really part of McCarthy's campaign. <ref>[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/bates/05252007.htm  Joe McCarthy: Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten], Michael M. Bates, ''New Media Journal'', May 25, 2007. </ref>  

McCarthy's efforts to remove security risks from government employment infuriated the American [[Left]], and they often use the term to mean aggressive questioning of someone's background or personal beliefs, or making accusations of disloyalty. It is meant as a derogatory term, and sometimes used to refer to [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) or the Hollywood Blacklist, even though those weren't really part of McCarthy's campaign. <ref>[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/bates/05252007.htm  Joe McCarthy: Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten], Michael M. Bates, ''New Media Journal'', May 25, 2007. </ref>  

 

==Amerasia cover up==

==Amerasia cover up==