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Supposedly. At least' date=' that was the fear. Was it really that way? I have my doubts, because the people who announced that loudly are also the people who stood to gain politically from people believing it. With the media's latter-day demonization of all political thought left of, oh, Warren G Harding, the mere suggestion that the question needs examination will get you branded as traitorous.[/quote']

 

Actually there were quite a few communist sympahizers and actual russian agents imbedded in many of the British and US goverment positions stemming from the 30s. What McCarthy wound up doing was trumping up charges against quite a few innocent people which made looking for the real culprits much harder. Some of the people he went after were guilty, but it's like the police chasing a bandit into a movie theater and charging everyone inside.

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There were certainly lots of sympathizers, especially in the '30s. The high-level penetration of the British is notorious. I've never looked carefully into the situation, but I have the impression that even now it's more or less impossible to find an accurate and dispassionate evaluation of how many Soviet (and Chinese and Warsaw Pact) agents there were in US government positions in the 40's through 70's. A lot of it is still classified, and potentially embarrassing to the agencies involved.

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It's fun talking with guys who are in the last stages of prepping an RPG session for a gaming convention. You get some great quotes. And they're willing to grasp at the whackiest ideas when they're really desperate.

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