Yep. It remains a blot on America that a man who fought tenaciously to the point of eventually losing his health and his life directly as a result of the government and media sponsored attacks on his person, has been so thoroughly vilified by the very country he fought against all odds to warn.
Yes, McCarthy was right, and the Venona Project releases back him up. I have often wondered if he had access to them through some source back then.
I was not born yet but if his times were like ours I imagine anyone with a brain knew what was going on. To someone not paying much attention a “little communism” may sound like a good thing. However, there is no such thing. Like “a little pregnant” what is going on early turns into a MUCH bigger thing down the line.