(1953 Press Photo CIA director Allen Dulles talks with Senators Joseph McCarthy and Karl Mundt) Rather than viewing the actions of CBS News against Senator Joseph McCarthy (as portrayed in the 2005 film Good Night and Good Luck, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Clooney), and Actor (Strathairn) as a heroic case of the mainstream news media working against state power, I believe it was precisely the opposite. The destruction of McCarthy and his populist crusade against the elites governing America was a triumph of the most powerful forces of the deep state. The “Roy Cohn” … Continue reading The CIA Versus Joe McCarthy