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Are you challenging the fact that the U.S.S.R. had extensive espionage networks in the U.S. during the 1950s, including the Rosenbergs who were in fact guilty o
by _iyig 7y ago
Are you challenging the fact that the U.S.S.R. had extensive espionage networks in the U.S. during the 1950s, including the Rosenbergs who were in fact guilty of spying for the Soviet Union?
McCarthysim per se was horrible, but the fact remains that the Red Scare was grounded in historical truth.
https://www.amazon.com/Venona-Decoding-Espionage-America-Communism-ebook/dp/B001PTHYCM/ref=nodl_ https://www.amazon.com/Venona-Decoding-Espionage-America-Com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
- echaozh 7y agoIf you hunt witches, there will always be witches to burn. If you try hard enough, any American can be a USSR spy.
- _iyig 7y agoWhat am I not stating clearly? Witch hunts are bad, but yes, there was a large spy network. Perhaps it could have even been uprooted with measured counter-intelligence, instead of McCarthyism.