[steve-b]

I think the Venona project vindicates McCarthy

Unless he somehow knew about this evidence at the time, it does no such thing, any more than the modern atomic theory of matter vindicates the Greek philosophers who guessed that matter was made up of tiny particles.

[TheDon]

I think the individual you were responding to was pointing out that even though the Demorats wouldn't accept Joe's witnesses and documentation, the Venona Project, as an independent source, indicates the problem of Communist spies in the federal gov't was much worse than he thought it was. But I could be wrong.