Talk:United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security

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This is the kind of thing that can appear if there is no requirement to cite your sources.

Since Poccil wanted further elabouration on why I put that "dubious" tag there: Here's one of the best links I found on the first page of Google results,. It indicates that the SISS was involved in investigations, and that one of the more bucolic provisions of the McCarran Act was to authorize the establishment of concentration camps. That's hardly comparable to being able to "kill anyone they wanted from a safe distance with complete freedom." I didn't see anything at all about assassin commandos, which I would expect to be fairly prominently mentioned under the circumstances. Bryan 06:16, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Section moved for unverifiability, and high probability of hoax:

SISS secret commandos, called "sissies" at the time made raids on alleged Communist organizations with silenced machine guns and grenades. Using high caliber rifles and high power scopes the could kill anyone they wanted from a safe distance with complete freedom given to them by the Congress.

Two comments: 1) sissies? big red flag here, American slang for non-macho males. Used by young children against other young children. 2) Google had all of 0 relevant hits.

-Vina 22:56, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Article Title isn't the same as the name of the committee?
I don't know how to change the title of an article, and I'm not sure if I'm right, but the article (and other sources) say the common name of the committee was the "Senate Internal Security Subcommittee," commonly abbreviated "SISS." But the article is titled, "United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security." Where did the article title come from? (I may be missing the reason in the history.)

The article says the committee's full name was the "Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and other Internal Security Laws."

Should the article be titled like this? "Senate Internal Security Subcommittee" Accordion Noir (talk) 20:55, 11 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Providing a link from the search terms "McCarran Committee" and "McCarran Commission" to United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security would be helpful. For example, the biographical Wikipedia page for Dr. Melba Phillips contains a section title, "McCarran Commission", but no link to this page. Pwfen (talk) 13:25, 14 July 2022 (UTC)