Originally Posted by cthulu23

I understand that you are trying to be balanced here, but I would be careful before defending McCarty. Remember that his name became synonomous with witchhunt. He had no problem destroying lives with slander and innuendo, finally sealing his own fate when he grew arrogant enough to accuse the Army of being infiltrated with communists. It's only today that enough time has passed between that era and now that kooks like Ann coulter can try to salvage his reputation without being laughed at openly. Make no mistake, the man was alcoholic, self-serving scum.