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::*''The source for the original number McCarthy offered, “205,” turned out to be a letter written in 1946 by Secretary of State James Byrnes in reply to a question from Democratic Congressman Adolph Sabath about the screening of several thousand federal employees in the wake of post-war reassignments.
::*''The source for the original number McCarthy offered, “205,” turned out to be a letter written in 1946 by Secretary of State James Byrnes in reply to a question from Democratic Congressman Adolph Sabath about the screening of several thousand federal employees in the wake of post-war reassignments.
This is information is obsolete based upon recent Venona scholarship.
This information is obsolete based upon recent Venona scholarship.
::*''Thomas C. Reeves painstakingly well-documented 1982 biography of McCarthy..."''
::*''Thomas C. Reeves painstakingly well-documented 1982 biography of McCarthy..."''
Same as above; obsolete and deprecated material. 1982 is pre-Venona. Any material as a source that pre-dates 1995 is suspect, and to characterized it as "painstakingly well-documented" only applies to the state of knowledge at that time, i.e. 1982. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:16, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
Same as above; obsolete and deprecated material. 1982 is pre-Venona. Any material as a source that pre-dates 1995 is suspect, and to characterized it as "painstakingly well-documented" only applies to the state of knowledge at that time, i.e. 1982. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:16, 24 March 2007 (EDT)