'''Howard Drummond Smoot''', known as '''Dan Smoot''' (October 5, 1913 – July 21, 2003), was a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and a [[conservative]] political [[activism|activist]]. From 1957 to 1971, he published ''The Dan Smoot Report.'' a newsletter which chronicled alleged [[communism|communist]] infiltration in various sectors of [[United States|American]] government and society. | '''Howard Drummond Smoot''', known as '''Dan Smoot''' (October 5, 1913 – July 21, 2003), was a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent and a [[conservative]] political [[activism|activist]]. From 1957 to 1971, he published ''The Dan Smoot Report.'' a newsletter which chronicled alleged [[communism|communist]] infiltration in various sectors of [[United States|American]] government and society. |