a once fearless advocate for joseph mccarthy, he ends up becoming a serious and considered in principled defender of an advocate for racial justitice, but not withot consternation, not without contradiction, not without complication. his relationship to martin luther king junior, for instance, is quite interesting because after that death that i gin with, after the funeral i begin with the we remember that bobby kennedy spoke in indianapolis bravely about the death of king. he announced to those black people in the hood what had gone on against the advice of his advisers who said it is going to be tough. at are going to the ghetto this particular moment at the death of their foremost figure, it could be really treacherous for you and very careless. he went on anyhow. gril u speech - -- he gave a brilliant speech.

hands off except for the blacklisting era after that stopped the original blacklisting you know joseph mccarthy in the fifty's it was cointelpro somewhere in between right of the twelve unsanctioned yeah but it was the black listing for mean media the way to speak about how media treated me was that they were in fact paid often has been proven to drag me to say bad things about me for the last twenty years really and you think you're just i mean in this story it is read reads as until until the end of the ending i mean you had this one when to a brit character chrysalis records just describe his story and way he was one of the one light in your life he was a light cantor was somebody who helped me out of a bad situation and i hope for the future and then he was murdered still unsolved and that was there's a point where i mean i say it in the book earmarked for weird sometimes and i look at that like the ultimate theft and he was stolen and that was a really it was a seminal moment in my life and also it's just it was really dark obviously you know and that was a dark that was a dark dark time a

it's perfectly clear that eisenhower loathed joseph mccarthy, found in a mile specimen of humanity but it was mccarthys cruel methods, the destructive faceless personal attacks that eisenhower scorned. not the idea of hunting down communists that might be doing subversive things in the american government, or for that matter, did not score the idea of hunting down homosexuals in government. another era in which eisenhower administration took decisive steps. it's a tell-all biography, people. there's the good and the vet and this is never which i think we can be critical. eisenhower had hoped to steal mccarthy's fund into at the and he accepted the need for loyalty programs that would eventually force thousands out of federal employment. his executive order, 10450, announced new procedures for rooting out anyone who was considered disloyal. as well as quote habitual drug users are called sexual perverts. perverts. no place in the federal government. eisenhower signed this executive order in just his first months in office. so for all this hatred of mccarthy, he was determined not to be

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hands off except for the blacklisting era after that stopped the original blacklisting you know joseph mccarthy in the fifty's it was cointelpro somewhere in between rather than twelve unsanctioned yeah but it was the blacklisting for mean media the way to speak about how media treated me was that they were in fact paid often has been proven to drag me to say bad things about me for the last twenty years fairly and you think you're just i mean in this story it is read read until julianne's about the ending i mean you had this one when to a brit cantor chrysalis records just describe his story and when he was one of the one light in your life he was a light cantor was somebody who helped me out of a bad situation and i saw hope for the future and then he was murdered still unsolved and that was there's a point where and i say it in the book earmarked for weird sometimes and i look at that like the ultimate theft and he was stolen and that was a really it was a seminal moment in my life and also it's just it was really dark obviously you know and that was a dark dark dark time and where things ki

us later the same committee took controversial us senator joseph mccarthy to task for some aspects of his anti communist campaign. bobby kennedy remained an implacable enemy of international communism and especially of cuban leader fidel castro. in april nine hundred sixty one a u.s. backed group of about one thousand five hundred paramilitaries invaded cuba at the bay of pigs. the invasion was a complete failure and even though the operation had been planned during the previous administration kennedy took the blame for it. bobby kennedy felt humiliated it seen his brother the president in tears as the invasion unraveled now he swore to get even with castro in his own way. kennedy had turned a blind eye as the cia plotted with enough air to assassinate castro the us senate panel determined that the cia tried to kill castro at least eight times between one thousand nine hundred in one thousand nine hundred eighty five. after the botched invasion or castro accepted a soviet offer to secretly deploying nuclear missiles in cuba. on october the fifteenth a cia review of high altitude photo

hands off except for the blacklisting era after that stopped the original blacklisting you know joseph mccarthy in the fifty's it was cointelpro somewhere in between rather than twelve unsanctioned yeah but it was the black listing for mean media the way to speak about how media treated me was that they were in fact paid often has been proven to drag me to say bad things about me for the last twenty years really and you think you're just i mean in this story it is read reads as until until the end of the ending i mean you had this one man to a brit cancer chrysalis records just describe his story and when he was one of the one light in your life he was a light cancer was somebody who helped me out of a bad situation and i hope for the future and then he was murdered still unsolved.

hands off except for the blacklisting era after that stopped the original blacklisting you know joseph mccarthy in the fifty's it was cointelpro somewhere in between rather than twelve unsanctioned yeah but it was the black listing for mean media the way to speak about how media treated me was that they were in fact paid often has been proven to to drag me to say bad things about me for the last twenty years really and you think you're just i mean in this story it is. until until the end about the ending i mean you had this one man to a brick counter chrysalis records to describe his story and when he was one of the one light in your life he was a light cantor was somebody who helped me out of a bad situation and i hope for the future and then he was murdered still unsolved. and that was there's a point where i mean i say it in the book are earmarked for weird sometimes and i look at that like the ultimate theft and he was stolen and that was a really it was a seminal moment in my life and also it's just it was really dark obviously you know and that was a dark that was a dark dark time.

hands off except for the blacklisting era after that stopped the original blacklisting you know joseph mccarthy in the fifty's it was cointelpro somewhere in between well france actually yeah but it was the black listing for mean media the way to speak about how media treated me was that they were in fact paid often has been proven to drag me to say bad things about me for the last twenty years really and you think you're just i mean in this story it is. until julie and about the ending i mean you had this one man to a brit cancer chrysalis records to describe his story and why he was one of the one light in your life he was a light cancer was somebody who helped me out of a bad situation and i saw hope for the future and then he was murdered still unsolved and that was there's a point where i mean i say it in the book or earmarks are weird sometimes and i look at that like the ultimate theft and he was stolen and that was a really it was a seminal moment in my life and also it's just it was really dark obviously you know and that was a dark dark dark time and where things kind of went black fo

would you discuss the catalysts that change your father from working for senator joseph mccarthy to the man he was running for president in 1968? >> that's an interesting question. i talk about it in the book a lot. because mccarthy was a catholic. he was one of the most powerful catholics in washington at that time. in fact, one of the reasons he became friends with my grandfather it was before he really went crazy. he was very strong the communists. which my family was two. basically they thought all catholics at that time were all communism there is the antithesis of -- mccarthy when my uncle ran against lodge and 56 he was running against the very popular covenant. he had almost no chance of winning. if mccarthy had come in to the state he would have lost. because of his friendship with my grandfather he did not come into the state. mccarthy came to visit my uncle and aunt. he was charming. he had been a war hero, he was a boxer at marquette. and he was reckless in the way that he played football and they played catch with him and he did not know how to swim. my family had a thing f

mccarthy committee. 1953 when mccarthy, after rocking the nation with charges of communism and high places became embroiled in a battle with army officials represented by joseph welch. the hearings, which arose from claims of subversion and army camp led to the eclipse of senator mccarthy's career and to the resignation of robert kennedy from the committee after six-month service. kennedy had been feuding with the chief counsel. he was to return to the committee as counsel for the democrats and ultimately succeeded with chief counsel. in 1957, kennedy stepped into a role as a tough investigator. he began investigation into the teamsters union. he found a major adversary. their exchanges were abrasive. >> to find out whether these locals had members or whether they were gangster run. what did you do then esther harper? kennedy, but it was not my responsibility to do anything and the general president was joined by martin lacy. >> half a charge that kennedy was conducting a vendetta against him. he used the word ruthless against him. he used the word himself as a joke. he was described as a lightning rod during the successful 1960 presidential campaign of his o

even senator joseph mccarthy never directly attacked the constitution. >> you referred to it as a cult of trump. >> yeah, i think a lot of trump supporters are so embarrassed by how it has turned out, that they just cling to him. they won't let facts penetrate their reality. i am startled by relatively educated people and military veterans who still insist that trump can do no wrong. that he is some sort of messiah. and i part company with their views. >> you have first hand experience with how russian intelligence operates, do you believe that vladimir putin has some grip on trump. >> i am convinced that vladimir putin has some grip on trump. when i first learned of the steel dossier, it rang true to me. that is how the russians do things. and before he became a candidate for president, donald trump was the perfect target for russian intelligence. here is someone who has no self-control. a sense of sexual entitlement and intermittent financial crisis. made to order for seduction of russian intelligence. i hope i am wrong. we are going to look back at the christopher steele who stook t

even senator joseph mccarthy in his witch hunt days never directly attacked the constitution.s is utterly unprecedented. >> you refer to it as sortf a cult of trump. >> yeah, i think a lot of trump supporters are so embarrassed by how it's all turned out that they just cling to it, they won't let any facts penetrate their reality. i'm startled by relatively well educated people and some military veterans who still insisted trump could do no wrong and he's some sort of messiah and i'm afraid i part with their views. >> you actually had training in russian studies and do you believe vladimir putin has some sort of grip on president trump? >> i am convinced that vladimir putin has a grip on president trump. and, anderson, w first learned of the steele dossier, it just rang to me because rus things. and before he became a candidate or president, donald trump was the perfect target for russian intelligence. here's someone who has no self-control, a sense of se entitlemen and intermitment finance crises. that's made-to-order by seduction by russian intelligence. i hope i'm wrong. i

would you discuss the catalyst that changed your father from working center joseph mccarthy to the menu was running for president in 1968? >> i mean, that's an interesting question. i talk about that in the book a lot. because mccarthy was a catholic. he was one of the most powerful catholics in washington at the time an extraordinarily popular with catholics. in fact, one of the reasons, and he became friends with my grandfather long before he was doing that house un-american activities before he really went crazy. he was a very, close to catholics, braced on an anti-communist. which my family was, too. and which basically all catholics were. catholics at the time saw communism as antithesis of all their beliefs. mccarthy could, when my uncle rant against lodge in 56, -- ran -- he was running against a very popular incumbent senator and was given almost a chance to win. if mccarthy had, to the sticky would've lost. because of his friendship with my grandfather, he did not come into the state. mccarthy came to the cape to visit my uncle and aunt. he was extremely charming. he had been a

even senator joseph mccarthy in his witch hunt days never directly attacked the constitution. unprecedented. >> you've referred to it as a cult of trump. >> i lot of trump supporters are so embarrassed by how its all turned out that they just cling to him. they won't let any facts penetrate their reality. i've been startled by relatively well-educated people who still insisted that trump can do no wrong, that he's some sort of messiah and i part company with their views. >> you actually trained in russian studies and the russian language, you have first hand experience with how russia intelligence operates, do you believe that vladimir putin has some kind of grip on president trump? >> i am convinced that vladimir putin has a grip on president trump and anderson, when i first learned of the steele dossier, it just rang true to me because that's how the russians do things and before he became a presidential candidate, donald trump was the perfect target for russian intelligence. here's someone who has no self-control, a sense of sexual entitlement and intermittent financial cri

it was perfectly clear he load joseph mccarthy at the file specimen of humanity. but mccarthy's cruel method. not the idea those that could be doing subversive things in the american government or for that matter or in the idea of homosexuals in government. but the administration took steps it is a tell all biography the good and the bad and this is the area i think we can be critical. hoping to steal his thunder but the anti-communist crusade and check the need to eventually force thousands out of federal employment. his executive order 10450 announce new procedures for rooting out anyone considered disloyal. no place in the federal government but just the first months in office. so for all the hatred of mccarthy he was determined not to be outflanked so how eisenhower cleverly outmaneuvered mccarthy to build a wall around him how eisenhower cleverly outmaneuvered mccarthy to build a wall around him does give credit that was fatal to mccarthy. but with something that many people outside of that circle bought into. i believe eisenhower had to inoculate himself fro

and welcomed to the white house shortly after he had taken on mccarthy on television. joseph walsh, a lawyer for the army during the mccarthy hearings, was welcomed to the white house shortly after the hearings were over, a great national hero at that time. he knew what he was doing which warren himself was a very outspoken anti-communist and governor of california. even in his first couple terms as chief justice he was very conservative and was not out there defending the constitutional rights of suspected subversives. that changed dramatically in the 1950s. >> in part i suppose it changed because there was a difference in the power mccarthy has and 57-58 compared to 52-53. we talked about similarities between the two men and their differences on issues. to what extent were the differences a result of their institutional roles? obviously the pres. is institutionally totally different from the chief justice. to what extent does that explain the differences? >> it has a lot to do with different roles and different approaches. in the book that i wrote in the epigraph, i quote e