As for heroes, you start with the greates hero of the time and one of the truly great American minds of the 20th century, Whittaker Chambers. Somewhere there should be a memorial for a man who sacrificed his good name for the liberty of his country.Add Richard Nixon to that list as well. His unwillingness to accept the lies of Alger Hiss and his support of Chambers are worthy of praise. And for my own favorite, a man who sacrificed everything short of life was the CIA's James Jesus Angleton.He understood the nature and evil of the enemy more clearly than any of his colleagues.
The sad thing is we thought we had won. Now, looking at the candidates of the Democrat party I wonder if we really did.
McCarthy was briefed in on VENONA and that was his evidence. The problem was that the evidence was classified and he could not go public with it. Still, that means he had evidence for what happened.