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Intelligence Identities Protection Act (view source)
Revision as of 04:10, November 7, 2007
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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 was on the editorial staff of ''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'' along with [[Russ Bellant]].<ref>"Public Eye Staff," The Public Eye (Vol II, Issues 1 & 2, 1979), 3.</ref> Wolf was listed as being on the advisory board of [[Political Research Associates]] on PRA's 1999 letterhead.<ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html Laird Wilcox], ''The Watchdogs: A Close Look at Anti-Racist "Watchdog" Groups'', Editorial Research Service, 1999, p. 29. ISBN 0-993592-96-5.</ref>
According to an item in ''Security Intelligence'' newsletter :
According to an item in ''Security Intelligence'' newsletter :
:Agee...left the agency in 1968 and began exposing CIA officers and operations through lectures, magazines andbooks.<ref>"To The Surprise Of A Few....," Security Intelligence (24 August 1992), 5. </ref>
:Agee...left the agency in 1968 and began exposing CIA officers and operations through lectures, magazines andbooks.<ref>"To The Surprise Of A Few....," Security Intelligence (24 August 1992), 5. </ref>
Referring to ''Counterspy'', a ''[[Washington Post]]'' editorial asked, "What other result than the killing [of Richard Welch] did Mr. [Timothy] Butz and his colleagues at ''Counterspy'' expect when they fingered Mr. Welch?"<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/137503422.html?did=137503422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=AI&date=Dec+29%2C+1975&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post++(1974-Current+file)&desc=Richard+S.+Welch ''[[Washington Post]]''], ''Obituary: Richard S. Welch.'' 29 December 1975, A16. ISBN 01908286 </ref>
The Intelligence Identities Protection Act was passed soon thereafter. U.S. Senator [[John Chaffee]], a ranking member of the Select Committee on Intelligence pointed out in the Congressional Record:
:"At the time of the Welch assassination, ''Counterspy'' magazine claimed they had leaked the names of 225 alleged CIA agents. Now, five years later, Louis Wolf of ''Covert Action Information Bulletin'' can boast that he has helped to disclose the names of more than 2,000 American intelligence officers stationed around the world.<ref>For The Record, ''Washington Post]], 27 July 1980. [http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2005/col20051101.asp]</ref>
==Further reading==
*[http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/IB70.cfm The Intelligence Identities Protection Act (S.391 -H.R.4)], by Francis, Samuel T., Issue Bulletin #70. Retrieved from ''[[The Heritage Foundation]]'', www.heritage.org, November 6, 2007.
==See also==
==See also==