This photo is quintessential Joseph McCarthy, a microphone in front of him and his hand raised in dramatic fashion holding folders of papers he claims contain indisputable evidence of treason and corruption by his adversaries. In this case, his opponents are those who accused him of pressuring the military to give special treatment to David Schine, an unpaid consultant to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which Joseph McCarthy chaired. In a significant transposition, McCarthy is the person being investigated in this photo.