The former Central Intelligence undercover officer was disillusioned with the U S government, and the policy with Latin American governments.
This spurred him to name 250 agents and reveal CIA secrets. In his 1975 book " Inside The Company: CIA Diary" Agee detailed the inside of U S spy operations around the world, but mostly in Latin America. He was stationed there for eight years in the 60's. His book was published in 20 languages, & it included a 22 page list of 250 agents.
Agee said he was acting as a dissident and not an act of espionage. The government branded this act as treasonist. In 1979 the Secretary of State Cyrus Vance stripped him of his passport. In 1982 Congress passed the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" - making it illegal to disclose names of covert CIA officers.
Agee wrote two more books, "Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe". He also published
"On The Run" in 1987. In this book he described how the CIA campaigned to silence him.Agee was born in Tacoma, Florida. He studied law at the Univ. of Florida and graduated from Notre Dame.
He received many death threats and moved from country to country. His residence was in Hamburg, Germany but he kept a flat in Havana.
This agents plight reminds me of Valerie Plame.
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