I know that it is an unpopular opinion here,
but in my mind,
I like to think,
that anyone in the DC gulag,
is staged,
as part of the movie,
to show people,
what happens when the Communists,
take political prisoners.
Actors?
Here is the Search for the word: opposition
https://archive.org/details/RulesForRadicals/page/n3/mode/2up?q=opposition+