I just finished the second chapter of our Lady Ann’s new bestseller “Slander.”
It is safe to say that everybody was aware of the fact that she would be defending Joe McCarthy. She was on TV day and night. But I certainly had no clue regarding the grounds upon which such a defense would be based.

Her contention is clear. Joe saved our nation from communism. The red scare was real. The communist had penetrated deep into our government.
The Venona project, which began in 1943 and was partially declassified in 1995, proves this point.

Here are a few names of big shots. These folks were not only communists but were actual Soviet spies.

Alger Hiss – State Department
Harry Dexter White – Assistant Secretary of Treasury and later appointed to the IMF.
Luchlin Currie- Roosevelt’s personal assistant and White House liaison the State
department under both Roosevelt and Truman.
Laurence Duggan-Head of Latin American Desk and the State Department
Frank Coe-US Representative to IMF
Solomon Adler-Senior Treasury Department official
Klause Fuchs-Top atomic scientist
Duncan Lee-Senior aide to head of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)

There are hundreds more.

The Soviet threat was great. Ann suggests that the Democratic party was blinded by it’s own liberal ideology. By default they sided with the communists and protected Soviet spies. Alger Hiss was made a liberal martyr. McCarthy was demonized. Truman and Roosevelt, after being warned dozens of times, refused to consider the possibility of infiltration and in turn appointed these spies to higher positions.

The ultimate cost cannot be measured.