Philip Agee

Philip Agee has led three lives. First, as a secret agent deep undercover for the Company in Latin America, propping up dictators and subverting democracy. Second, as the spy who went out into the cold, revealing what evil he did (and our government still does) in his 1974 book "Inside the Company: CIA Diary." And third, as revealed 1768824948naivete. For 18 years, Agee has been an enemy of the state, though, he says, not the people.

A little bit of history's unfinished business lurched unexpectedly out of the shadows this week. Philip Agee, the first -- and some believe the only -- CIA agent to betray the United States for ideological (rather than pecuniary) reasons, died of natural causes in a Havana hospital at age 72.

A little bit of history's unfinished business lurched unexpectedly out of the shadows this week. Philip Agee, the first -- and some believe the only -- CIA agent to betray the United States for ideological (rather than pecuniary) reasons, died of natural causes in a Havana hospital at age 72.

It was an aggressive, even reckless bit of espionage, allegedly committed by a man too well known for his own good. CIA officials and other U.S. government sources charged that Philip Agee, a former CIA officer, author and CIA critic, went undercover as a spy for Cuba in late 1989 to try to pry secrets out of a female staff member in the agency's Mexico City station. U.S.

It was an aggressive, even reckless bit of espionage, allegedly committed by a man too well known for his own good. CIA officials and other U.S. government sources charged that Philip Agee, a former CIA officer, author and CIA critic, went undercover as a spy for Cuba in late 1989 to try to pry secrets out of a female staff member in the agency's Mexico City station. U.S.

Former CIA agent Philip Agee asked the government during a State Department hearing to restore his passport which he said was taken from him not because he disclosed U.S. intelligence operations and agents but because he disagreed with American foreign policy. Agee is best known for his 1975 book, "Inside the Company: CIA Diary," which cited alleged CIA misdeeds against leftists in Latin America and included a 22-page list of purported agency operatives. He was stripped of his passport in 1979.

Philip Agee, a former CIA agent and agency foe who lives in self-exile in Spain, has returned to the United States and said Wednesday that he plans to remain for another few weeks despite the risk of prosecution. Agee, whose U.S. passport was lifted in 1979 after he disclosed the names of CIA employees abroad, said he has been in the United States since Sunday and entered the country from Canada.

A longtime critic of the Central Intelligence Agency is suing former First Lady Barbara Bush over statements in her 1994 autobiography that he called "false and defamatory." Former CIA operative Philip Agee said Mrs. Bush falsely wrote in "A Memoir" that Agee's identification in his 1975 book of the CIA's Athens station chief led to the assassination of the official, Richard Welch.

Philip Agee, the former CIA agent and agency foe who now lives in self-exile in Spain, has returned to the United States and said today he plans to remain for another few weeks despite the risk of prosecution. Agee, whose U.S. passport was lifted in 1979 after he disclosed the names of key CIA employees abroad, said he has been back in the United States since Sunday.

A longtime critic of the Central Intelligence Agency is suing former First Lady Barbara Bush over statements in her 1994 autobiography that he called "false and defamatory." Former CIA operative Philip Agee said Mrs. Bush falsely wrote in "A Memoir" that Agee's identification in his 1975 book of the CIA's Athens station chief led to the assassination of the official, Richard Welch.

Your article by Robert Toth, "CIA Critic Agee Reportedly Paid by Cuba" (Aug. 10), will be welcome news to my friends and family, and creditors as well, who never suspected that I am a KGB-via-Cuba-made millionaire who lives "like the shah of Iran." But I find the comments that I was ungrateful, complaining that the large sums were insufficient, and that Iwas "anti-Soviet" while unaware of my Soviet benefactors, thoroughly unflattering. As for my Cuban code name, "Curiel," that could be dangerous.

Philip Agee, a renegade CIA officer who has conducted a long-running public crusade against the agency, has taken money repeatedly from the Cuban intelligence service, according to a high-ranking Cuban defector, an ex-CIA chief and a top CIA official.

Four former CIA agents who left the agency after becoming disillusioned by covert operations in the Third World said they will lead a national campaign to end such activities. The co-founders of the Center for the Study of Covert Action said they plan "to inform the American people . . . about the true nature of covert action," which they said is a record of secret wars against legitimate governments around the world.

Philip Agee has led three lives. First, as a secret agent deep undercover for the Company in Latin America, propping up dictators and subverting democracy. Second, as the spy who went out into the cold, revealing what evil he did (and our government still does) in his 1974 book "Inside the Company: CIA Diary." And third, as revealed 1768824948naivete. For 18 years, Agee has been an enemy of the state, though, he says, not the people.

Philip Agee, a renegade CIA officer who has conducted a long-running public crusade against the agency, has taken money repeatedly from the Cuban intelligence service, according to a high-ranking Cuban defector, an ex-CIA chief and a top CIA official.

Philip Agee, a former CIA agent and agency foe who lives in self-exile in Spain, has returned to the United States and said Wednesday that he plans to remain for another few weeks despite the risk of prosecution. Agee, whose U.S. passport was lifted in 1979 after he disclosed the names of CIA employees abroad, said he has been in the United States since Sunday and entered the country from Canada.