Yep, they were former Trotskyites! Also, Wm F Buckley, Jr, was CIA and his role was to form a bulwark against actual conservatism until Rush Limbaugh, America's fascist anchorman, took over that job. Check out, "Pied Piper for the Establishment" by John McManus of the JBS, until it, too, became a bulwark against conservatism.