" Senator McCarthy frequently threatened witnesses with prosecution for contempt, but all cases were either thrown out of court or overturned on appeal. No one who appeared before McCarthy’s subcommittee was imprisoned for anything related to their testimony. However, many lost their jobs for declining to answer the subcommittee’s questions."
http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/mccarthy.htm
2007-09-01
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lttlehrse55 (below) As I thought, neo-cons do support McCarthy. Thanks for the revelation, "genius"
2007-09-01
17:03:59 ·
update #1