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Маккартизм

Aug 20, 2018 10:58

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tijd August 20 2018, 16:16:37 UTC

Admiral Mike Mullen (ret), Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff tells Chris pulling security clearances is reminiscent of Nixon and McCarthy eras: pic.twitter.com/3nh5rHyZyU
- FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) August 19, 2018

tijd August 20 2018, 16:25:08 UTC

Интервью с Коном, 1951 г.

tijd August 20 2018, 20:50:27 UTC

Cohn was a pallbearer for McCarthy. And he wrote a book about him. It came out in 1968. He acknowledged McCarthy had had his faults. He was “impatient, overly aggressive, overly dramatic,” Cohn described. “He acted on impulse. He tended to sensationalize the evidence he had.” He “would neglect to do important homework.” He had an “inattention to detail.” Even so, Cohn said, he was “gifted with a sense of political timing.” And “on balance,” Cohn noted, “his sense of what made drama and headlines was uncommonly good.” He was, he thought, “the first important public figure to touch an exquisitely sensitive nerve in the thought leaders of our society. This small but immensely powerful group of intellectuals ( ... )

tijd August 20 2018, 21:07:19 UTC

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tijd August 20 2018, 21:16:12 UTC

Подробная статья про отношения Кона и Трампа в Vanity Fair:

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tijd August 20 2018, 20:15:35 UTC

Игра в ассоциации от генерала Хайдена: два шага от сандалий Рика Уилсона, через письмо адмирала Макравена, до маккартизма.

Interesting theme. Since the Brennan thing started, the meme in the intel community is “I am Spartacus” https://t.co/bxakHeMcZb
- Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) August 19, 2018

Explaining the “I’m Spartacus” reference. (For the younger set). https://t.co/rBBRokVK8Y
- Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) August 19, 2018

In a surprise twist, the Spartacus screenplay was written by McCarthy era blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo based on a book by blacklisted author Howard Fast.
- SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) August 19, 2018