[denydenydeny]

McCarthy himself, a Wisconsin Republican who catapulted himself to fame with his headline-grabbing but ultimately fabricated allegations of vast Communist conspiracies tainting the State Department, the Government Printing Office and parts of the U.S. military, died in 1957.

I would argue, and I think that history has proven, that with the State Department, at least, there were no fabrications necessary.

[nopardons]

Starting with Alger Hiss.

[DPB101]

How the State Department gave the world Fidel Castro:

U.S. Senate: Testimony of Arthur Gardner and Earl E.T.Smith

State was listening to the New York Times, not the American ambassador to Cuba.