Friend, what queerfolk in the US government were subjected to in those days was unbelieable. I have read first hand acounts of witch hunts, known of people forced to resign because their name was found in an address book of someone arrested for "lewd conduct". In one case I know of a weather bureau official who committed suicide in his office rather than face the scandal of being dismissed. He was the only support of his widowed mother.
In more recent times I have a friend who works for the US govt. who was one of the first openly gay men to get a security clearance. It took 24 months and they accused him of everything. They told him he would be the target of blackmail. His responce was "How? Everyone knows I'm gay, its no secret!"
I'll check and see if my library has this one.