>> that's right. >> annie lee moss was not a soviet spy any more than shea moss was on election thiefteletype operator and a loyal government employee who had absolutely no idea what senator joe empmccarthy was talking abo >> do you know the type of classification -- do you know if they were secret, top secret, confidential? >> no, sir, >> otherwise you wouldn't know the degree of classification? >> no, sir. >> i see. i'm afraid i'm going to have to excuse myself. >> it was a complete farce. highlighted a few days later my edward r. murrow, the mccarthy smear campaign against moss backfired on him. wisconsin folks saw her as a nice old lady who wasn't harming anyone and they didn't like their senator picking on her, unquote. there were other mccarthy disgraces, of course, as well. by the end of the year, the republican party and the u.s. senate had distanced themselves from joe mccarthy and his smears and lies. one wonders what wandrea shea mosses legacy will be. will the bullying and smears and attempted destruction of her life and livelihood, will that mean anything to today's publi

with a different woman with >> what i'm talking right now about annie lee moss. re was a spy in the code room of the pentagon. any lee moss was not a soviet spy anymore than shea moss was an election thief. annie lee moss was a loyal government employee who had no idea what joe mccarthy was talking about. i'm afraid i'm going to have to accuse myself on this. >> it was a complete farce. highlighted a few days later by edward r murrow the smear campaign backfired. drew pearson wrote that wisconsin folks saw her as a nice old lady who wasn't harming anyone. there were other d

annie lee moss was a loyal government employee who had no idea what joe mccarthy was talking about. i'm afraid i'm going to have to accuse myself on this. >> it was a complete farce. highlighted a few days later by edward r murrow the smear campaign backfired. drew pearson wrote that wisconsin folks saw her as a nice old lady who wasn't harming anyone. there were other disgraces of course. by the end of the year the republican party in the u.s. and and distance themselves from joe mccarthy and his smears and lies. one wonders what the legacy will be. will the bullying and attempted destruction of her life and livelihood mean anything to today's public? well said. the echoes of history being heard today. let's turn it over to dawn vinning tonight. >> you're going to made a very special woman and her mother. you're going to hear from this true american hero. this is about the kind of country that we are. the kind of country that we should be. andrea moss is her name. she may not call herself a hero but that is exactly what she is. a black woman who stood up for our democracy. who waiv