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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. Timothy Butz, [[Louis Wolf]] and [[Chip Berlet]] all wrote for CAIB and also ''[[The Public Eye]]''. According to an item in ''Security Intelligence'' newsletter:  

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. Timothy Butz, [[Louis Wolf]] and [[Chip Berlet]] all wrote for CAIB and also ''[[The Public Eye]]''. According to an item in ''Security Intelligence'' newsletter :  

:"To the surprise of few, CIA defector Philip Agee was named as a recipient of [[KGB]] pay for almost 20 years. Florintino Aspillaga Lombard, formerly a major in [[Cuba]] 's Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGI) before defecting to the US, said payments to Agee for anti-CIA writing and lecturing could exceed $1 million.  

:"To the surprise of few, CIA defector Philip Agee was named as a recipient of [[KGB]] pay for almost 20 years. Florintino Aspillaga Lombard, formerly a major in [[Cuba]] 's Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGI) before defecting to the US, said payments to Agee for anti-CIA writing and lecturing could exceed $1 million.