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Who Does Dr. McCarthy Remind me of?

I was asked this morning, what historical event "the Mccarthy case" most reminds me of.

I thought about it for a second and what comes to mind is this. When the Manhattan Project was underway, there were a large number of scientists working on the bomb, and had signed security oaths to protect what they had learned (and the Government and people of the US had in point of fact - paid for), that thought to themselves that it was simply wrong for the US to have exclusive use of nuclear technology and that steps should be taken to ensure that others besides the US had "the bomb".

So, they started working with contacts in the Soviet Union to give them the information. They had decided on their own to leak information ensure that the Soviet Union had an equal footing with the US in regards to nuclear power.

Ted Hall was the first person who came to mind as a historical example of the sort of self-righteous person who is so full of self hatred and personal guilt, that any sense of basic right and wrong simply disappears into a fog of martyrdom.

When Ted Hall was asked about his actions, he said "an American monopoly on nuclear weapons was dangerous and should be avoided."

To address this "American Monopoly", He took action to arm the most genocidal, anti-human regime in the history of all mankind with the single most destructive weapon in history which was used to subjgate its own people as well as threaten the people of the United States and its allies.

The depths of some peoples hatred of the United States simply cannot measured.

At the core of the McCarthy case is a person who is singularly the most responsible for providing the intelligence warning the US of the threat of al-queda, and failed twice during her tenure( In 1993 and 2001) to provide that warning. Her career didnt progress because of a change in administration politics; it didnt progress because she was dangerously incompetent and as it turns out, she is also dangerously disloyal.

A person who is willing to spy for a political party is a just step away from a person willing to spy for another nation. Once you start to rationalize your reasons for disobeying your oath, theres no turning back.

Dr. Mary McCarthy is not a "leaker"; she is a spy who has taken actions to subvert the democratically elected government of the United States.

Posted @ April 24, 2006 10:41 AM | Current Affairs

Posted by: Tom at April 24, 2006 02:07 PM