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Joseph Raymond McCarthy bol americký republikánsky politik, senátor za štát Wisconsin a predseda stáleho vyšetrovacieho podvýboru Senátu. Podvýbor viedol v rokoch 1953-54 rozsiahle vyšetrovania ohľadom vplyvu komunistickej strany na vládu.

McCarthy sa počas studenej vojny stal v americkej politike hlavným reprezentantom amerického antikomunizmu. Výraz mccarthizmus, ktorý používali jeho politickí oponenti ako označenie praktik odhaľovania komunistických špiónov a údajných nepodložených obvinení, sa čoskoro rozšíril aj na iné podobné antikomunistické postupy a na celú epochu, v ktorej McCarthy pôsobil. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. november 1908 – 2. máj 1957
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“Any man who has been given the honor of being promoted to general and who says, "I will protect another general who protects Communists," is not fit to wear that uniform, general.”

Remark to Gen. Ralph Zwicker during the Army investigations (18 February 1954), as quoted in A Conspiracy So Immense (2005) by David M. Oshinsky

“I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.”

Attributed to a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia (9 February 1950), as printed in the Wheeling Intelligencer. At dispute is whether McCarthy claimed 205 names, as many historical accounts say, or 57 names, as McCarthy said on the Senate floor; see Congressional Record (20 February 1950) http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/government. McCarthy admitted using the number 205 in speeches, but in reference to a statistic for which he had no names. Eyewitnesses to the speech remember him referring to both figures at different points. McCarthy provided a copy of his list to Sen. Millard Tydings on request; it had 81 names, some of which had handwritten annotations. He refused to disclose all of the names publicly unless given access to relevant government files, citing libel concerns. See also Blacklisted from History (2007) by M. Stanton Evans.
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