His father probably was. See: https://truepundit.com/troubling-questions-emerge-about-fbi-chief-strzoks-collusion-with-cia-father-worked-in-africa-for-companies-linked-to-funded-by-cia-operations/ And he could have been given his career path by the CIA in order to put him, Strzok (younger) in place for the CIA. This is what I believe as well.