JW Gets FBI Report of USSR’s Favorite Members of Congress During Cold War

I honestly don’t know if commies were involved in any way in Teddies cover-up. I’ve never read anything on that possibility but wouldn’t be surprised.

It’d be interesting to know if the judge or prosecutor that pressured the Grand Jury had any commie ties or any of their peers.

My wording was clumsy. I was trying to avoid any language suggesting that any listed Members of Congress were actively pro-Soviet and consciously disloyal. There have been a few such over the years, but that is too serious a charge to throw around in connection to a list like this.

People like Walter Mondale and George McGovern were American patriots, badly confused though they were. If they are on the Russian go-to list, it is because they were mainstream left liberals who would go the extra mile to seek common ground. That makes them naive and a soft touch. A "tool" is a couple of steps further down the slippery slope. A tool knows what he is doing.

It’d be interesting to know if the judge or prosecutor that pressured the Grand Jury had any commie ties or any of their peers.

I remember the old days - when there were real newspapers. One of them might have picked up on this...

Won't happen today because their dem handlers won't give them this one...

Due to computer problems I have not been able to properly give you the information on where to find the FULL TEXT of the FBI letter concerning KGB attempts to contact members of Congress and/or their staff.

You can find a full copy at www.keywiki.org, Search term “Edward Kennedy”. It is there in its own separate section.

You must read this letter carefully because it does not say that the Soviets were recruiting these people, only that they were trying to or made contact with some/all of them (for various reasons).

I know some of the people on that list and they are/were staunch anti-communists while others were hardcore leftists or very pliable dupes such as Sen. Hatfield.

Ted Kennedy, as we have learned, and are still learning about, had more significant contacts with the Soviets/KGB than was previously known, but what many people don’t know is that he/KGB were using the dumbest Senator in history, Tunney (D-CA) as an intermediary.

There is a possibility that Tunney was essentially bribed or rewarded for his work with business in the Soviet Union.

This needs to be further explored because of its potential significance to Soviet espionage, propaganda, and disinformation efforts in the U.S.

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