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To: Bosco who wrote (8274)	3/12/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

Bosco- My defense of McCarthy- if it was that- was suitably constrained. He was not a figure I admire. The "progess" in China in recent years has been material, not in terms of human rights. Ron suggested that the charges against the Dr. may have been the result of "racism" - a highly overworked word, IMO. Unless he can back that up, I would suggest he not impugn the motives of those investigating the latest possibility in a long series of those who have sought to destroy from within the defense of (relative) freedom and to aid the forces of repression. To do so without reasonable cause smacks of the tactics of a certain junior senator of yesteryear from Wisconsin. <<your implicit assumption is that "this guy did something [bad]">> I don't think I assume anything about the Lee case. However, access to classified information is a privilege on a need to know basis. The DoD must ascertain that need. The loyalty and trustworthiness of those with access to it- unless they work in the Clinton White House- must be above reasonable question. Anyone who inspires a lack of confidence in their ability to use the information appropriately should not have access to it. Competent- or not so competent- DoD authorities should make the best determination they can as to whom should be granted access, erring on the side of caution. Criminal prosecution should require an entirely different set of standards. Injustices were committed by McCarthy and his allies. These injustices pale in comparison with those perpetrated by McCarthy's avowed enemies. I'm less knowledgeable than I would like to be about the fallout of McCarthyism. But those in the private sector who curried favor with the "red-baiters" by dismissing those who came under attack must bear a share of the blame. (Of course, some of that was illusory as the 58(?) Academy Award for best screenwriter(?) that went to a fictitious person who was actually a pseudonym for a group of "banned" writers (including Dalton Trumbo) demonstrated). The most serious barriers to employment came in the public sector. Not the least reason to minimize the public sector, IMO. Finally, as for me individually, yes, I'm better "dead than red". My record on SI identifies me as one who would be liquidated anyway, should Communists come to power in my neighborhood. I would not presume to make that choice for others. I lost nothing personally to the Communists. But I bitterly resent them: in the societies they governed, the Larry Sherwoods- and those he admires- were placed in a human meatgrinder that made McCarthy's actions look like a Sunday picnic. It continues to this day in the Peoples Republic of China. Regards, Larry