"And today we're going RHINO hunting."

https://rumble.com/v195ufp-us-senate-candidate-from-missouri-eric-greitens-released-an-ad-on-monday.html (same as Youtube video)

"The Hunters become the Hunted"

https://qagg.news/?q=%23%233392

WITCH HUNT

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https://qagg.news/?q=%23%23TT490

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Washington WITCH HUNT

Bert Andrews
Random House - New York
Copyright 1948

THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED (Chapter One)

The war to protect civil liberties - your civil liberties - is never ending. As the central figure in one of the newest and fiercest battles of that war there is a man who has come to be known by the all-disguising name of "Mr. Blank."

He is a real man. He is not a character in a weird novel or a bad dream. He is so real, in fact, that he could be you or me, and the things that happened to him - and are still happening to him - could befall you or me.

This begins, then, as the story of Mr. Blank.

But it is a story of many ramifications.

... of how Mr. Blank was discharged from the Department of State of the United States of America as "a potential security risk" without ever being informed of the nature of the charges against him and without ever being confronted by his accusers.

... of how a witch hunt, once it begins, can strike at anyone, no matter how innocent he might be.

... of the incident that made me angry enough about Mr. Blank's case to want to do something about it, not only for the sake of Mr. Blank but also for your sake and my sake.

... of how the greatest of the bureaucratic agencies of the mightiest government in the world was made to back down when the cold, bare facts were exposed in public view.

But there is much more to it than the case history of one individual.

For the study of this case history leads directly into consideration of the larger factors involved; the factors that explain why the Department of State and other government agencies "got this way" during the aftermath of World War II.

It leads to consideration -

... of the part played by J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, which he heads.

... of the case of Ring Lardner, Jr. and other Hollywood figures who were cited for contempt by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

... of the case of veiled charges and innuendoes against Dr. Edward U. Condon, Director of the Bureau of Standards.

... of the strange professions of loyalty to the United States made by William Z. Foster, chairman of the Communist Party, U.S.A..

... of how those professions stacked up when compared with statements made by Joseph Stalin and Andrei A. Zhdanov, the Russian leaders.

... of what can be accomplished against a witch hunt when the triple-throated voice of the people and the press and the radio join in shouting: "This is wrong!"

... of the troubles that beset a man who goes job-hunting with the words "potential security risk" plastered on his name and reputation, even though the triple-throated cry has led to a correction of the general situation.

... of the worries that beset a man who blandly participated in the "no-hearing" case of Mr Blank when he himself, was thrust into a situation where he very much wanted a hearing.

There were four men present in a State Department room on the morning of November 1, 1947.

Three were State Department officials.

One was this reporter.

The case of Mr. Blank was being discussed.

The talk revolved generally around the ethics and decency and fairness of dismissing any individual without letting him in on the secret of who accuses him of what, and without granting him the right of appeal.

There wasn't any argument about whether the State Department had the right to do all this.

It definitely had the right by act of Congress.

The argument was whether it was the American way of proceeding.

Finally, weary of the talk, one of the State Department men said words that shocked the reporter. There were no stenographers present, so there is no exact record. But this was the sense of what he said:

"Why beat around the bush on a matter like this? It is entirely conceivable that any one of us in this room could be made the victim of a complete frame-up, if he had enough enemies in the Department who were out to get him." (He was talking about himself and the other two State Department men.)

"Yes," he continued, ""such a thing would be perfectly conceivable. And we would not have any more recourse than Mr. Blank, even though we were entirely innocent."

The reporter was astonished, and a bit frightened.

"What did you say?" the reporter asked, coming down hard on the word "what."

The State Department man repeated his statement.

The reporter said words that amounted to these"

"If a man or your intelligence can say a thing like that without being shocked at what you are saying and without a feeling of personal peril, then something is wrong. And its high time the story of Mr. Blank was told to the people of the United States to let them decide what was done right and what was done wrong in his case." (pages 3 - 7)

https://youtu.be/WxBTf0HgyeI

And... that other thing... another Navy SEAL...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0n8N98mpes