Yep I believe you are Correcto Mundo on both counts.
By the way, you assessment of State Department is on point - since it has been infiltrated by Commies since the end of WWII. On judgment Day, it will be revealed that Senator Joe McCarthy was Correcto Mundo minus the setup jobs that where sent against him!
I think Joe McCarthy was murdered at Bethesda Naval Hospital. They claim he died from drinking and hepatitis but he checked himself in a never left.