McCarthy was right. Obama proves it..............
Considering Nobamasiah’s socialist/communist policies, he probably considers Hiss a kindred spirit.
The Ordeal of Anthony Lake
By: William Norman Grigg
April 14, 1997
(big snip)
Lake's guidance of the Clinton Administration's Cuba policy is a predictable outgrowth of his earlier, decades-long involvement with the anti-American network emanating from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), as well as assets of the Soviet KGB and Cuban DGI. It was THE NEW AMERICAN which first assembled what the New York Times referred to in a January 17th house editorial as "a Lake dossier ... depict[ing] him as a dangerous radical" with connections to anti-American and pro-Soviet groups. On February 2nd, the White House, parroting the Times, complained that "a right wing smear campaign" had been launched against Lake.
Eight days later the Times editorial page carried a guest column by Douglas Brinkley of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans, who reiterated the complaints made by the White House and the New York Times. According to Brinkley, "the John Birch Society and other anti-government fringe groups launched a smear campaign," beginning with an article in THE NEW AMERICAN that "found a pattern of anti-Americanism" in Lake's past contacts and policy recommendations. "The diatribe would not be worth mentioning except that its ludicrous charges have been picked up, in slightly milder fashion, by mainstream conservative publications like The Washington Times and National Review."
In his critical examination of Lake in The New Republic, Jacob Heilbrunn noted that "the consensus of the thoughtful, sensible foreign policy and intelligence establishment is that Lake should be confirmed, and quickly." Lake took note of the same fact in his withdrawal letter, emphasizing the support he received from Republican Senators John McCain (AZ) and Richard Lugar (IN).
With the media, key Senate Republicans, and the intelligence and foreign policy establishment behind him, and with assurances of enough votes for confirmation, Lake buckled rather than face a prolonged inquiry into his background. An identical course was chosen by Morton Halperin, Lake's IPS comrade, who was forced to withdraw his nomination for a Defense Department position created specifically for him when he encountered grass-roots resistance. But Lake's withdrawal may signal a new desperation on the part of the Clinton Administration: By pre-emptively choking off his bid to become Director of Central Intelligence, Lake might have sought to close off one avenue of inquiry into the foreign policy scandals in which he played a decisive role.