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The activities of ex-CIA agent [[Philip Agee]] during the 1960s and 1970s may have also led impetus to the Acts passage as some commentators have noted the law was very specifically targeted at his actions.  Congressman [[Bill Young]] said during a debate in the House of Representatives, "What we're after today are the Philip Agees of the world."<ref>[http://www.reason.com/links/links071405.shtml Agee's Revenge], It's past time to kill the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Jesse Walker, ''Reason'', July 14, 2005.</ref>

The activities of ex-CIA agent [[Philip Agee]] during the 1960s and 1970s may have also led impetus to the Acts passage as some commentators have noted the law was very specifically targeted at his actions.  Congressman [[Bill Young]] said during a debate in the House of Representatives, "What we're after today are the Philip Agees of the world."<ref>[http://www.reason.com/links/links071405.shtml Agee's Revenge], It's past time to kill the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Jesse Walker, ''Reason'', July 14, 2005.</ref>

Agee's  book ''CIA Diary'' and publication ''[[Covert Action Information Bulletin]]'' (CAIB) blew many agents' cover. Agee was deeply involved in the antigovernment ''Counterspy'' magazine, which made a practice of such disclosures. [[Louis Wolf]] and [[Chip Berlet]] both wrote for CAIB and also ''[[The Public Eye]]'', described as a "spawn of the first ''Counterspy''.<ref>Chip Berlet and Linda Lotz, ''Reading List on Intelligence Agencies and Political Repression,'' (NY:National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, Rev. 1/14/91).</ref> Butz also wrote for ''The Public Eye''.<ref>"Public Eye Staff," The Public Eye (Vol II, Issues 1 & 2, 1979), 3.</ref>

Agee's  book ''CIA Diary'' and publication ''[[Covert Action Information Bulletin]]'' (CAIB) blew many agents' cover. Agee was deeply involved in the antigovernment ''Counterspy'' magazine, which made a practice of such disclosures. [[Louis Wolf]] and [[Chip Berlet]] both wrote for CAIB and also ''[[The Public Eye]]'', described as a "spawn of the first ''Counterspy''.<ref>Chip Berlet and Linda Lotz, ''Reading List on Intelligence Agencies and Political Repression,'' (NY:National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, Rev. 1/14/91).</ref> Butz also was on the editorial staff of ''The Public Eye''.<ref>"Public Eye Staff," The Public Eye (Vol II, Issues 1 & 2, 1979), 3.</ref>

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According to an item in ''Security Intelligence'' newsletter :