In 1993, Gemma wrote for ''USA Today'' a biographical sketch of Dan Smoot, the former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and conservative scholar who had, among other aberrant positions, challenged [[Barry Goldwater]] during the 1964 presidential campaign for the nominee's embrace of [[NATO]], which Smoot called a [[Globalism|globalist]] organization of questionable value.<ref name=dsmoot>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2014/01/dan-smoot/|title=Dan Smoot: The Man and His Message|author=Peter B. Gemma|date=January 1993|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Smoot later opposed the nomination of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[United States Senate]] from [[Texas]] in 1970, the year that Bush lost to Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Smoot also warned against the "invisible government" he viewed as the likely outcome of the domination of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on national policy.<ref name=dsmoot/> | In 1993, Gemma wrote for ''USA Today'' a biographical sketch of Dan Smoot, the former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and conservative scholar who had, among other aberrant positions, challenged [[Barry Goldwater]] during the 1964 presidential campaign for the nominee's embrace of [[NATO]], which Smoot called a [[Globalism|globalist]] organization of questionable value.<ref name=dsmoot>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/2014/01/dan-smoot/|title=Dan Smoot: The Man and His Message|author=Peter B. Gemma|date=January 1993|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Smoot later opposed the nomination of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[United States Senate]] from [[Texas]] in 1970, the year that Bush lost to Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Smoot also warned against the "invisible government" he viewed as the likely outcome of the domination of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on national policy.<ref name=dsmoot/> |