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Since this article mentions Mr. Skousen's association with the John Birch Society, it should also mention that one of Skousen's sons (Paul Skousen) claims that his father had some sort of major disagreement with JBS founder/leader Robert Welch and, as a result, they parted ways.  However, there is no public record of that disagreement. Lastly, many of Cleon Skousen's admirers have resorted to posting absolute falsehoods about his FBI career.  It should be noted that Mr. Skousen never worked in the FBI Division which contained their experts on internal security matters (Division 5).   

Since this article mentions Mr. Skousen's association with the John Birch Society, it should also mention that one of Skousen's sons (Paul Skousen) claims that his father had some sort of major disagreement with JBS founder/leader Robert Welch and, as a result, they parted ways.  However, there is no public record of that disagreement. Lastly, many of Cleon Skousen's admirers have resorted to posting absolute falsehoods about his FBI career.  It should be noted that Mr. Skousen never worked in the FBI Division which contained their experts on internal security matters (Division 5).   

Furthermore, Skousen was never even recommended by his Supervisors for transfer into that Division. (During World War II it was known as the National Defense Division and then the Security Division and later it became known as the Domestic Intelligence Division).  As a result, Cleon never had significant exposure to internal security cases. In fact, most of his FBI career was spent on entirely different subjects such as juvenile delinquency, police training schools, along with administrative posts including supervising clerical employees and overseeing internal FBI employee publications.   

Furthermore, Skousen was never even recommended by his Supervisors for transfer into that Division. (During World War II it was known as the National Defense Division and then the Security Division and later it became known as the Domestic Intelligence Division).  As a result, Cleon never had significant exposure to internal security cases. In fact, most of his FBI career was spent on entirely different subjects such as juvenile delinquency, police training schools, along with administrative posts including supervising clerical employees and overseeing internal FBI employee publications.  This has become an issue particularly with respect to Skousen's list of "45 Communist Goals" which are often referenced online. The "goals" appear in Skousen's 1958 book, The Naked Communist, but it should be noted that Skousen does not provide any footnotes to explain where he supposedly obtained his information.  Significantly, FBI investigative files about the CPUSA - and, particularly, about the closed secret meetings of the CPUSA National Executive Council -- DO NOT contain substantiation for what Skousen claims were "Communist Goals".   

Some of Skousen's admirers (including John Birch Society members) have claimed that Skousen worked as an "Administrative Assistant" to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover OR "''for many years as a top aide to Hoover"''.  That, too, is a falsehood.  There are numerous internal FBI documents which clearly state that Skousen never had any direct association with Hoover.  

 

Some of Skousen's admirers (including John Birch Society members) have claimed that Skousen worked as an ''"Administrative Assistant"'' to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover OR "''for many years as a top aide to Hoover"''.  That, too, is a falsehood.  There are numerous internal FBI documents which clearly state that Skousen never had any direct association with Hoover.  

Lastly, since this article refers to Skousen's publication "The Communist Attack on the JBS" -- it should be pointed out that Skousen's defense contains many falsehoods which make it appear that Skousen just reprinted everything which JBS press releases claimed rather than engage in any independent research.  Some of Skousen's statements are so absurd that they could not possibly have been written by a knowledgeable person.

Lastly, since this article refers to Skousen's publication "The Communist Attack on the JBS" -- it should be pointed out that Skousen's defense contains many falsehoods which make it appear that Skousen just reprinted everything which JBS press releases claimed rather than engage in any independent research.  Some of Skousen's statements are so absurd that they could not possibly have been written by a knowledgeable person.