Timeline for Did the CIA feed false information to McCarthy to discredit his true claims that they were infiltrated by Soviet agents?
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| Mar 31, 2022 at 19:38 | comment | added | Jayson Virissimo | @bukwyrm: the "McCarthy underground" refers to people inside government institutions that were acting as informants for McCarthy about what was happening inside those institutions. The CIA knew who some of these people were, and so they targeted one believing that if they gave them false info, that info would later be given to and used by McCarthy. This use of the false info (given to him indirectly by the CIA) by McCarthy would allow McCarthy's opponents to dismiss the rest of his (actually true) claims because he was apparently untrustworthy. | |
| Mar 29, 2022 at 11:09 | comment | added | bukwyrm | Can someone parse this sentence from the Q for me? "to plant phony reports on a known member of the McCarthy underground at the CIA" = to plant (phony reports on a known member of the McCarthy underground) at the CIA // to plant phony reports (on a known member of the McCarthy underground) at the CIA // to plant phony reports on (a known member of the McCarthy underground at the CIA) // something else? | |
| Nov 1, 2020 at 16:29 | vote | accept | Jayson Virissimo | ||
| Oct 21, 2020 at 13:09 | answer | added | LangLаngС | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 16:22 | history | edited | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarify second question
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| Oct 19, 2020 at 0:03 | history | edited | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Make the first question more concrete
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| S Oct 11, 2020 at 2:29 | history | suggested | Martin Schröder |
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| Oct 9, 2020 at 22:17 | history | edited | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Link to page about Angleton
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| Oct 8, 2020 at 20:59 | comment | added | JacobIRR | "McCarthy thought he was attacking a nest of Communist spies, whereas in fact he was attacking the American Establishment." ~Carroll Quigley | |
| Oct 8, 2020 at 18:24 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | FYI - That wasn't a criticism of the wording of the question.... more kind of what I'm hoping some answers will delve into. Looks like I might have to do some research and get the ball rolling on answers. | |
| Oct 7, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSkeptic/status/1313675476028854278 | ||
| Oct 6, 2020 at 20:15 | comment | added | Jayson Virissimo | @PoloHoleSet, that's an important point. I modified the wording of the questions to make it easier to treat those two propositions separately, since, as you say, they could be true/false independently of each other. | |
| Oct 6, 2020 at 20:14 | history | edited | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Decouple questions, so they can be answered separately
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| Oct 6, 2020 at 19:27 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | It's entirely possible for the disinformation and counter-intelligence operation being intentional to destroy McCarthy and his credibility, both to protect the CIA and to bring an adversary down, without it validating his claims about infiltration, which is something I don't see the author proving or referencing. I'm looking forward to seeing what the answers bring. +1 | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 22:37 | history | edited | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add more warrant for notability
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| Oct 3, 2020 at 22:26 | history | asked | Jayson Virissimo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |