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“He applied to the CIA in 1980. During his application he admitted during a lie-detector test that he had voted for the Communist Party candidate four years earlier. To his surprise, he was still accepted; he later said that he finds it heartening that the CIA valued freedom of speech.[21]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brennan_(CIA_officer)#Education

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Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

Overview:

Controlled by the Soviet Union for most of its history

Engaged in espionage, infiltrated unions, and used front groups

Acted as a fifth column in American government and society

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"During the Cold War the CPUSA [Communist Party, USA] had a parallel underground structure, and a small number of people spied for Moscow.

Until the 1980s the party was receiving substantial amounts of Soviet funding, says Klehr, money that the FBI knew about and tracked."

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26126325