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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

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(CNN) At his first polygraph test to enter the CIA, the future director had a secret. John Brennan on Thursday [Sept 2016] recalled being asked a standard question for a top security clearance at his early CIA lie detector test:

Have you ever worked with or for a group that was dedicated to overthrowing the US?

"I froze," Brennan said during a panel discussion about diversity in the intelligence community at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual conference.

"This was back in 1980, and I thought back to a previous election where I voted, and I voted for the Communist Party candidate"

--Tal Kopan, CNN | September 15, 2016