https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germans_relocated_to_the_US_via_the_Operation_Paperclip
Had nothing to do with recruits to work for the CIA.
US and UK intelligence folks were part of identifying German’s with special technical skills, with the intent of keeping them in the west as opposed to them being drafted by or inticed to join the Soviets. What else would you have had the U.S. do at the time?
Were some members of the NAZI party? Some, yes, but keep in mind it was frequently a requirement under the NAZI regime if you wanted to keep your family fed, or just to keep alive and work.
You think the Soviets were doing nothing??
“The [initial] project was not initially targeted against the Soviet Union; rather the concern was that German scientists might emigrate and continue their research in countries that remained neutral during the war.[8] Much U.S. effort was focused on Saxony and Thuringia, which on July 1, 1945, became part of the Soviet occupation zone. Many German research facilities and personnel had been evacuated to these states before the end of the war, particularly from the Berlin area. The USSR then relocated more than 2,200 Nazi specialists and their families—more than 6,000 people—with Operation Osoaviakhim during one night on October 22, 1946.
And what did some Germans with high skills think of that:
“Von Braun and more than a thousand of his colleagues decided to surrender to Americans in 1945. One of the engineers later recalled their options: “We despise the French, we are mortally afraid of the Soviets, we do not believe the British can afford us. So that leaves the Americans.” On June 20, 1945, they moved from the east closer to the American forces, to avoid the advancing Soviet army.”
How did “populist” Americans become so downright anti-American??
Populists are pro-American. How did "neocon" Americans become so downright anti-Constitution? Neocons are more closely aligned with global fascism, and it's funny watching them defend "good nazis".