Only those who’d experienced up close the methods and the kinds of facades used by the Marxist Left would have known for certain bac in 2008 what the country was up against if their Manchurian Candidate got elected. Enough evidence and list of close friends was there and crystal clear for anyone who was not blinding himself to reality. They’d been working toward such a day for many, many decades.
Gates was in the CIA for 26 years. Who would have known if not the CIA (and yes...I know the Company is left leaning).