Title: The Post Cold War Era?
Joseph McCarthy Exonerated?
By Allan B. Colombo
Copyright(c)2001
While watching a history program on television a few days ago, I was struck
by the narrator's discussion about Senator Joseph McCarthy. Specifically, he
stated that McCarthy's accusation of more than 200 Soviet spies within the
U.S. State Department was nothing more than a figment of his paranoid
imagination.
Well, if I hadn't witnessed a videotaped interview of Mr. Norman Dodd,
former investigator of major U.S. tax exemption foundations, in fact,
talking about this very subject, I would not have thought another thing of
it. However, there is much proof and many allegations by so many people
that one cannot ignore the fact that there is something to McCarthy's
allegations--even now, more than 50 years later.
For example, on a recent C-Span program, Major General Oleg Kalugin, former
Chief KGB Counterintelligence, allegedly stated that there were more than
200 acting Soviet agents within the U.S. at the time of the Red Scare.
According to Albert Coggs, via the us.politics newsgroup:
Major General Oleg Kalugin, former Chief KGB Counterintelligence, spoke on
Washington Journal this morning on McCarthyism. According to Kalugin, there
were more than 200 spies in the U.S at the time of the McCarthy purge. He
said that McCarthy did a good service for the United States beceause 1) he
was on target regarding the Red threat, and 2) it worked well to slow the
Soviet's spy efforts stateside.
Author: Albert Coggs
BUSH PARDONED ARMAND
HAMMER AND CUBAN TERRORIST
04 March 2001, us.politics
It would seem that Kalugin actually exonerated Joseph McCarthy, is that not
true? Was exposing the communist threat actually worth McCarthy's career I
wonder? The very people he tried to warn actually turned on him. Worse yet,
the very public that he sought to save from Communism went right along with
the personal attacks against his character. What a shame.
Tony Blair has issued a stark warning to President Vladimir Putin of Russia
about espionage in Britain after the expulsion of Russian diplomats from
America over spying charges.
There has been growing concern in Whitehall over the extent of Russian
spying within Britain and the rest of Europe, including the democratic
states of eastern Europe. The Ministry of Defence is particularly worried
about the build-up of Russian penetration under the cover of diplomatic
status.
Intel Bulletin
Spy Tech Agency
30 March 2001
Interestingly enough, although we are allegedly in the post cold war era,
Russian spies continue to pop up everywhere we look. Just when we thought
that everyone was becoming the best of friends, up popped Robert Hanssen.
Then, spies were recently uncovered in Great Britain, resulting in these
comments (shown left), made in the 30 March 2001 issue of the Intel
Bulletin
regarding Tony Blair, prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, former KGB himself.
Perhaps the question that everyone should be asking themselves right about
now is, "Honestly, in light of all these Russian spies, did the Cold War
really end at all?" Instead, no one in the news media appears to be willing
to raise the question, sending out the signals but never alluding to the
real problem.
Senator McCarthy, who first made the allegation of spies within the U.S.
State Department in 1950, was not the first to raise a flag of distrust.
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was established (1938) as
a special committee by the U.S. House of Representatives. Under the
chairmanship of Texas Democratic representative Martin Dies, Jr., it
investigated fascist, communist, and other so-called extremist or
subversive political organizations. In January 1945 it became a standing committee.
1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
When you really sit down and study McCarthy's allegations and the various
records of the day, such as the following speech, given before the Senate in
February, 1950, as well as McCarthy's letter to President Harry S. Truman,
you have to admit that McCarthy's concerns were based largely on fact and
not fiction.
In an interview with G. Edward Griffin, Norman Dodd, Congressional
investigator, 1953, stated that there was, indeed, a plot afoot to subvert
democracy and to replace it with socialism. Through an investigation of the
tax-exempt foundations, such as the Ford and Carnagie Foundations, it was
found that these organizations deliberately gained control of both the
State Department and the Department of Education.
From the back cover of the Dodd videotape:
THE HIDDEN AGENDA
Merging America into World Government,as told by Norman Dodd, Congressional investigator
of tax-exempt foundations.
In this program you will learn that the major
tax-exempt foundations, since at least 1945, have been operating to promote
an agenda that has nothing to do with good works or philanthropy. The real
objectives include the creation of a world-wide collectivist
state--including the Soviet Union--which is to be ruled from behind the
scenes by those same interests which control the foundations. The man who
tells this story is Norman Dodd who, in 1954, was the staff director of the
Congressional Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations, known
as the Reece Committee, in recognition of its Chairman, Congressman Carroll
Reece. Mr. Dodd speaks from first-hand experience with the leaders of the
great foundations of that period, some of whom were amazingly candid about
their goals. This interview, conducted by G. Edward Griffin, has captured a
rare piece of history and illustrates the continuity between the past and
present drive for a "New World Order."
In conclusion, despite the fact that we are allegedly in the post cold war
era, it would appear that the one side continues to be pitted against the
other--spy against spy, military against military. Not only this, but the
communist threat has long been extended into domestic matters as labor union
officials have obviously been recruited to gain the cooperation of their
union members. For proof of this, go to the following link:
http://www.themilitant.com/2001/6501/650105.html
The Soviet Union may no longer exist as a nation, but the communist party
surely does and it is moving forward at breakneck speed. If most of these
folks were not so violent and ruthless to begin with, all of this might not
bother me. But, the question is, what are you and I going to do about it?
http://www.tpromo.com/gk/apr01/040201
Allan B. Colombo is a trade journalist in the
electronic security market. Formerly Associate
Editor with SDM, now a contributing writer with
Security Sales & Integration, Torrance, Calif.
Come and visit him at:
http://www.giantkillers.org
Contact Al at
giantkillers@tpromo.com
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