The legitimacy of the mole hunt in the first place is a, well, legitimate question. That is, did Angleton know that the mole hunt was a farce in some real sense? A designed-to-fail hunt, the ultimate purpose of which was to get the snake to eat its tail? He never seemed to raise a word about McMahon, indeed was feted in 84 at a Langley luncheon seated right beside him.
It seems likely to me that the deep mole Angleton kept "looking for" (without success) was actually James Jesus Angleton!
The legitimacy of the mole hunt in the first place is a, well, legitimate question. That is, did Angleton know that the mole hunt was a farce in some real sense? A designed-to-fail hunt, the ultimate purpose of which was to get the snake to eat its tail? He never seemed to raise a word about McMahon, indeed was feted in 84 at a Langley luncheon seated right beside him.
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DINING%20ROOM%20EVENTS%5B16022005%5D.pdf