It’s not like since the cold war ended they would have had a reason to pull resources, agents, etc out of such infiltration as there is no other big threat domestically to infiltrate and if you don’t use budget you risk losing it. They either continue subverting this or close down the division. They could justify continuing to even prop up fronts like this just to justify keeping some lights on and allowing some old lifer to keep their little fiefdom of power in CIA-land that gets them a budget that they can misuse for semi-annual vacations and free drinks.
And there’s benefits to narrowing the range of opinions, making even the “far left communists” be just a left flank and sheepherder of the reactionary Democratic party is extremely useful.
Not to mention the CPC and other communist parties around the world that the US still considers very much threats maintain formal ties with the CPUSA, that could make them useful now or potentially in future in the eyes of foreign intelligence.
It’s not like since the cold war ended they would have had a reason to pull resources, agents, etc out of such infiltration as there is no other big threat domestically to infiltrate and if you don’t use budget you risk losing it. They either continue subverting this or close down the division. They could justify continuing to even prop up fronts like this just to justify keeping some lights on and allowing some old lifer to keep their little fiefdom of power in CIA-land that gets them a budget that they can misuse for semi-annual vacations and free drinks.
And there’s benefits to narrowing the range of opinions, making even the “far left communists” be just a left flank and sheepherder of the reactionary Democratic party is extremely useful.
Not to mention the CPC and other communist parties around the world that the US still considers very much threats maintain formal ties with the CPUSA, that could make them useful now or potentially in future in the eyes of foreign intelligence.