patriotism, and he was named a "concealed Communist" by a loyalty board In 1953 Fly debated House Majority Leader Charles A. Halleck on the use of wiretaps, on Edward R. Murrow's "See It Now" television program. Fly also wrote numerous print editorials speaking against wiretapping, and testified before a Senate subcommittee about the practice. Fly died of cancer in Daytona Beach, Florida. Further reading America's Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform, by Victor Pickard (professor), Cambridge University Press, 2014 References 1898 births 1966 deaths 20th-century American lawyers Deaths from cancer in Florida Chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission United States Naval Academy alumni Harvard Law School alumni United States Navy officers American Civil Liberties Union people Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel