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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>
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>
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]].
It is 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]] 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.
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.