The old Soviet Communists taught these people in charge of the country well it seems. We were too busy fighting communism abroad that we ignored the threats of communist Americans who went in the dark and then got into position of power and influence
I don't think we ignored them, we just couldn't do anything about them. For decades i've watched them every step of the way, while powerless to actually do anything to stop them.
Our laws and our humanity protected them more than they deserved.