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WTW5: Houston Won't Admit There's A Problem

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James Webb and the Lammeter Purge

"I hope I haven't been misunderstood. James Webb was a key figure in the very early days of the lavender purge and playing a causal role," he says. "He was a part of commencing a campaign of terror against gay people." The main event in question happened in 1963, but it doesn't have as much to do with James Webb's email on the topic,. But fortunately, there's another FOIA emails that gives us some critical information about the highest profile case where Clifford Norton was dismissed for being gay.

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