1. Ronal Reagan And The Rise Of The Radical Right In The United States 1960-1988
... show that Reagan, the president of SAG, was an FBI informant against Hollywood communists, and was the subject of a federal grand jury investigation focusing on his possible role in a suspected conspiracy between MCA and the actor's union. According to Justice Department documents, government prosecutors had concluded that decisions made by SAG while under Reagan's leadership became "the central fact of MCA ... 's business affairs. The government had evidence that MCA had engaged numerous civil and criminal violations and empanelled a federal grand jury to hear the specific charges, whic...
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