We've got whiplashian (yep, made up that word) events for "this day in history." On one side, on this date in 2007, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller acknowledged the FBI improperly used the Patriot Act to secretly pry out personal information about Americans; they apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions. File THAT revelation under "No $hit, Sherlock!" But, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's anti-Communism campaign on See It Now on this date in 1954. Here's some of that famous speech from Good Night & Good Luck.
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