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frightfully at the beginning. I think it bothered every member of the Loyalty Review Board. I remember this: the early days were spent in debate, close debate, about that whole thing. We had Fdgar Hoover over, and we had other people. It bothered Seth Richardson terribly that this information was not made available to the accused, and that he did not have the right of cross-examination. This was particularly true of some of the cases where Miss Bentley had testified, in the early days. Seth Richardson said, “By George, I am going to get this witness.”

She was a witness against many people who were respected in the Government, you see, and he wanted to have the witness come before them, and testify. The F.B.I. had told them how difficult it was, you see. She was an informer, and her life might be endangered. She was a former Communist and a former Communist agent. She had been the go-between. She had taken secret papers from Government people and given them to the Russian agents. I mean, she was a pretty bad egg, really. You know, she was really a terrible person, unless you psycho-analyze her, you know. Even then it seems odd to me.

Never mind analyzing her, she's still responsible for her own actions.

Well, I don't know about that. What I mean is, you may say that you known that she has a broken heart, and--I don't know.