A Traitor Dies In Exile
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Philip Agee, a former CIA agent who became an outspoken critic of the agency and opened a travel site to bring Americans to Cuba in defiance of U.S. law, has died following ulcer surgeries, Cuban state media reported Wednesday. He was 72.
Agee quit the CIA in 1969 after 12 years working mostly in Latin America at a time when leftist movements were gaining prominence and sympathizers. His 1975 book "Inside the Company: CIA Diary" alleged CIA misdeeds against leftists in the region and included a 22-page list of purported agency operatives.
Leaving aside the benefits to Mr. Agee of Fidel Castro's world-class health care system, there is no doubt that his deliberate exposure of scores of active undercover CIA operatives - which led to the passage of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 - was a calculated effort to undermine the security of the United States, at cost to the lives of those who serve us in most dangerous capacities.
He will not be missed.
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....in a hospital, after an operation. After all, don't you know that Cuba has the greatest health care system in the world?
Ah well -- I suppose comfort can be taken in the fact that, were he still in the US instead of in that workers' and patients' paradise, he would have died 20 years earlier, since our medical system and doctors are just sooooo inferior.
Then again, it's tough to save someone from a lethal injection, which he may well have gotten that same 20 years ago had he remained on American soil :-)
And that includes de mortuis nil nisi bonum.
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I mean, outing current undercover CIA agents? That's just treason.
Your post is dripping with sarcasm. Are you under the impression that we're fans of Richard Armitage, outer of Valerie Plame, here at Red State?
Or were you merely unaware that he was the one who outed her, rather than anyone on Bush's or Cheney's staff?
...that your Plame outing masturbation fantasy got trumped by mean ol' objective reality. It happens to everybody.
Well, not everybody. But probably everybody that you're allied with, at least.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
That is all.
Stare decisis is fo' suckas -- Feddie
"Guns don't kill people...
"...But they sure help!"
-Paul Giamatti, Shoot 'Em Up
This poor fellow probably had a miserable time last night, what with Playstation Johnny being smacked around by Clinton and Obama. Unless I'm figuring it wrong and he was actually for Obama... which means that he had an even worse night, thanks to his audacity to hope.
I mean, really: what more can I do to the guy?
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
There are warriors for the other side, whose death in battle we can respect and honor. They died for their country.
There are spies for the other side, whose loyalty to country leads them to take great risk to infiltrate our side. Upon their capture and death, we may hate them, but they are worthy of a measure of respect and honor. They died for their country.
Then there is THIS kind. An American soldier (broadly speaking), charged with great responsibilities and trusted with secret information vital to American interests. When such a one betrays the trust he's been given, and further, causes good and loyal soldiers to die -- soldiers who knew going in that betrayal by a paper-pusher might bring their death -- this kind is the lowest of the low.
My regret is that he lived as long as he did, and and that he was not kidnaped by an American commando team, brought back to face the families of those he betrayed, then convicted and executed by firing squad.
Oh well. Goodbye, traitor. May you burn in hell for eternity.
Stare decisis is fo' suckas -- Feddie
I'm quite sure he was to surprised to find their is indeed an afterlife. And I also suspect he is not very happy where he is. But at least his health care was free, probably reflecting what it was worth.
That he was not... Handled... many years ago.
"Guns don't kill people...
"...But they sure help!"
-Paul Giamatti, Shoot 'Em Up
good riddance to bad rubbish.
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
And demonstrate further the great medical care of Cuba?
I am not quite sure of Agee's outcome is indicative. Of course Castro had the good sense to bring in outsiders, so his example does not count.
Perhaps Agee had Castro's Cuban doctors work on him? Castro had/has a GI problem as well.
Letting the Cubans do their best for MM would truly help show us all how great the Vuban system is.
As for Agee, I hope he took a lot of overcoats and longjohns with him. The 9th circle of hell is very cold.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Gustave_Dore_Inferno3...
Until recently peptic ulcers were controlled with surgery or medicine. Turns out that the latest research shows that ulcers can be caused by bacteria that are treatable with new combinations of antibiotics.
Assuiming Agee had a peptic ulcer, I hope Agee knew of these alternate, innovative therapies as he died in his communist paradise. Too bad he couldn't partake in the fruits of Big Pharma's labor, because then if he died anyway he could have been a John Edwards posterchild whose family could sue for millions.
"I can say - not as a patriotic bromide...that the United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and...the only moral country in the history of the world. - Ayn Rand
...at latest in 1997, because that's when I learned it. But, you know, the Cuban medical system is the best and most modern in the world.
The day the US leadership finally demonstrates respect for ALL the worlds people rather than just the wealthier ones within its own borders will be a moment to savor.
Yes, Agee was a traitor to the twisted priorities of a nation whose self interest is frequently pursued at the expense of individuals in other countries.
But in the future I can easily imagine that his actions will be seen as heroic and self sacrificing not only beyond our borders, but also by leaders here who recognize that to be a truly respected member of the world community, we have to demonstrate respect for our neighbors and allow them to make their own decisions without our interference.
Oh yeah, that's right.
Blam.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
as those "truly respected members of the world community" stop making decisions that involve the destruction or other planned elimination of the USA or her allies. Fine.
Also, they have to stop asking us to come and meddle in their affairs. That'd help, too...
"Guns don't kill people...
"...But they sure help!"
-Paul Giamatti, Shoot 'Em Up
For a change, rather than take someone else's word for it, why not read his own words and then decide?
Here are two excellent articles by Agee, which detail just how he saw things and the reasons why he did what he did. These articles are extremely interesting and the first you may find amazingly prophetic, as it was written just two weeks after 9/11.
Read these and your opinion of him may change. Remember, he was an agent in the field, on the ground, and he saw it all.
http://eagle.westnet.gr/~cgian/philipagee.htm
(essay: USA and International Terrorism)
http://thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/CIA_Diary_Agee.html
(excerpt from: CIA DIARY - Inside the Company)
Also, for the best balanced notice on his death in the media that I could find:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080109/ts_nm/cuba_usa_spy_dc
Unfortunately, the CIA has a history of these types infesting its ranks and undermining policy.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”