This Day In History

The Poet · 06-09-2015, 10:22 AM

Today in 1954, one Joseph effectively ended the career of another when Joseph Welch, special counsel for the US Army, famously and publicly chided Sen. Joseph McCarthy with the phrase "Have you no sense of dignity, sir, at long last?"

A cloak of many colors, even one of flag-drapery, can shelter a scoundrel only so long.

Subvet642 · 06-09-2015, 08:46 PM

On another day in history, understandably forgotten by most, as it was barely reported by the press: July 11, 1995, the U.S. Government, under President Clinton, released a cache of Soviet cables that had been decoded during WWII and the Cold War under Project Verona. The cables indicated that everyone charged by Sen. McCarthy was indeed a Soviet agent. Sen. McCarthy has been viciously slandered by history for doing his job, under mandate, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations which included the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. It was Congressman Richard Nixon, not Senator McCarthy who headed the HUAC. It is that confusion that has condemned his memory. It's a horrendous shame that Sen. McCarthy's rightful vindication has been withheld from him.

https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/...es-venona.html

06-09-2015, 10:22 AM	#1
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: This Day In History Today in 1954, one Joseph effectively ended the career of another when Joseph Welch, special counsel for the US Army, famously and publicly chided Sen. Joseph McCarthy with the phrase "Have you no sense of dignity, sir, at long last?" A cloak of many colors, even one of flag-drapery, can shelter a scoundrel only so long. __________________ Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.

06-09-2015, 08:46 PM	#2
Subvet642 Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2009 First Name: Darren Location: Torpedo Room Bilge Posts: 2,997 Trading: (13)	Re: This Day In History On another day in history, understandably forgotten by most, as it was barely reported by the press: July 11, 1995, the U.S. Government, under President Clinton, released a cache of Soviet cables that had been decoded during WWII and the Cold War under Project Verona. The cables indicated that everyone charged by Sen. McCarthy was indeed a Soviet agent. Sen. McCarthy has been viciously slandered by history for doing his job, under mandate, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations which included the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. It was Congressman Richard Nixon, not Senator McCarthy who headed the HUAC. It is that confusion that has condemned his memory. It's a horrendous shame that Sen. McCarthy's rightful vindication has been withheld from him. https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/...es-venona.html __________________ *"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not." -John Galt* Last edited by Subvet642; 06-09-2015 at 08:53 PM.