Philip Agee
| Philip Agee | |
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| Born |
July 19, 1935 Tampa, Florida |
| Died |
January 7, 2008 (aged 72) Havana, Cuba |
| Education |
University of Notre Dame University of Florida |
| Occupation | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Spouse(s) | Giselle Roberge Agee |
Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (US /ˈeɪdʒi/; July 19, 1935 – January 7, 2008) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and writer, best known as author of the 1975 book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, detailing his experiences in the CIA. Agee joined the CIA in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in Washington, D.C., Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. After resigning from the Agency in 1968, he became a leading opponent of CIA practices. A co-founder of CovertAction Quarterly, he died in Cuba in January 2008.
Agee was born in Tampa, Florida. He graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1956, and attended the University of Florida College of Law.
Agee stated that his Roman Catholic social conscience had made him increasingly uncomfortable with his work by the late 1960s leading to his disillusionment with the CIA and its support for authoritarian governments across Latin America. In the book Agee condemned the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City and wrote that this was the immediate event precipitating his leaving the agency. Agee claimed that the CIA was "very pleased with his work", had offered him "another promotion", and that his superior "was startled" when Agee told him about his plans to resign.
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