In an effort to uncover communists within the federal government, President Harry Truman established the

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Truman established the Loyalty Review Board to investigate and remove any federal employees deemed disloyal or subversive to the government. This was a response to the perceived threat of communist infiltration in various government agencies during the early years of the Cold War. The Committee on Un-American Activities and McCarran Internal Security Act were both established by Congress, while the FBI anticommunist unit (later known as COINTELPRO) was created by J. Edgar Hoover without direct presidential authority. The Central Intelligence Agency was also created during Truman's presidency, but its focus was on foreign intelligence gathering rather than domestic communist investigations.

In an Effort to Uncover Communists Within the Federal Government