Answer: the U.S. State Department
Explanation:
In the month of February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy gained a notoriety that propelled him to the National Spotlight.
Appearing at the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, he gave a resounding speech and waved a piece of paper in the air. Included in the paper he said, were the names of 205 known members of the Communist Party who were in his own words, "working and shaping" policy in the STATE DEPARTMENT.
