Honduras's media are full of allegations of infiltration by communist agents and drug traffickers from Venezuela and Nicaragua.

ECONOMIST: The coup in Honduras

Thanks to intrepid reporting by Cliff Kincaid and Trevor Loudon , we now know that during his days as a California Congressman, Leon Panetta, had close personal ties to Communist agents and spies.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Determined disinterest in our own destruction

The late 1940s had seen a highly effective campaign against communism, with Harry Truman bringing the full weight of the government down on the party, trade unions expelling party members and Whittaker Chambers exposing communist agents in the government.

ECONOMIST: McCarthyism