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Smoot instead became an FBI agent, a position he held until  1951, when he resigned for what he cited as professional reasons: namely, the desire to go into the field of political pamphleteering and commentary.​ Rather than accept assignment to the FBI office in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], Smoot resigned in part because he wanted to rear his family in the Dallas area. Smoot said that several fellow agents had complained to him about the supervisor's management decisions. Smoot said that he related to the inspector what he had heard from colleagues. Then, according to Smoot, the colleagues would not back up what they had told Smoot. The supervisor hence believed that Smoot had been disloyal to him.​

Smoot instead became an FBI agent, a position he held until  1951, when he resigned for what he cited as professional reasons: namely, the desire to go into the field of political pamphleteering and commentary.​ Rather than accept assignment to the FBI office in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], Smoot resigned in part because he wanted to rear his family in the Dallas area. Smoot said that several fellow agents had complained to him about the supervisor's management decisions. Smoot said that he related to the inspector what he had heard from colleagues. Then, according to Smoot, the colleagues would not back up what they had told Smoot. The supervisor hence believed that Smoot had been disloyal to him.​

After his FBI tenure, Smoot became a commentator and began producing ''Facts Forum'' newsletters in conjunction with Dallas [[oil]] billionaire [[H. L. Hunt]]. His salary doubled with his new assignment. From 1953 to 1954, ''Facts Forum'' was the source for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] public affairs [[television series]], ''Answers for Americans.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112234003/http://www.jfredmacdonald.com/macfilms/Press%20Release%202.htm|title=MacDonald & Associates: Facts Forum press release|publisher=Jfredmacdonald.com|accessdate=June 13, 2011}}</ref>​

After his FBI tenure, Smoot became a commentator and began producing ''Facts Forum'' newsletters in conjunction with Dallas [[oil]] billionaire [[H. L. Hunt]]. His salary doubled with his new assignment. From 1953 to 1954, ''Facts Forum'' was the source for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] public affairs [[television]] series, ''Answers for Americans.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112234003/http://www.jfredmacdonald.com/macfilms/Press%20Release%202.htm|title=MacDonald & Associates: Facts Forum press release|publisher=Jfredmacdonald.com|accessdate=June 13, 2011}}</ref>​

In 1954, Medford Bryan Evans (1907-1989), a conservative critic of American [[Cold War]] policies and a college [[professor]] who was dismissed in 1959 amid a controversy at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], was described as "News Editor" and "Editor" of ''Facts Forum News.'' Mary Helen Brengel was identified as an "associate editor."  She later worked for the ''Independent American,'' the conservative bimonthly newspaper founded in 1955 as ''Free Men Speak'' by [[Kent Courtney]], and his then first wife, Phoebe Carolyn Greene Courtney (1918-1998).​

In 1954, Medford Bryan Evans (1907-1989), a conservative critic of American [[Cold War]] policies and a college [[professor]] who was dismissed in 1959 amid a controversy at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], was described as "News Editor" and "Editor" of ''Facts Forum News.'' Mary Helen Brengel was identified as an "associate editor."  She later worked for the ''Independent American,'' the conservative bimonthly newspaper founded in 1955 as ''Free Men Speak'' by [[Kent Courtney]], and his then first wife, Phoebe Carolyn Greene Courtney (1918-1998).​