Closed-Door McCarthy Transcripts Released

By David Welna

Published May 6, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Senate releases thousands of pages of transcripts from closed-door hearings held by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The committee McCarthy chaired in the mid-1950s interrogated political and cultural figures in an anti-Communist crusade. Hear NPR's David Welna.

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