Abraham Chasanow
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Abraham Chasanow was suspended from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office as a security risk in July 1953, during the period of McCarthyism in the United States. In highly publicized hearings, the Navy did not produce evidence to support the charge, and his accusers were never identified. Chasanow was cleared of all charges 13 months later. In 1955 investigative reporter Anthony Lewis won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of articles describing the Chasanow case. His case was also the subject of a 1957 movie 3 Brave Men starring Ray Milland and Ernest Borgnine.
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- Obituaries: Abraham Chasanow, 78, an Aide Vindicated in Navy Security Case. (1989, Jun 14). Time.
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- Schrecker, Ellen (1998). Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-77470-7
