Unable to expose any signs of subversion, McCarthy focused instead on the case of Irving Peress, a New York dentist who had been drafted into the Army in 1952 and promoted to major in November 1953.
由于无法得到任何颠覆的迹象，麦卡锡将目光锁定在欧文·帕里斯身上，后者是纽约牙医，于1952年入伍，并于1953年11月晋升少校。