The Godfather of Whistleblowers; Remembering Phillip Agee, Ex-CIA
Before Edward Snowden and Julian Assange there lived the godfather of
whistleblowers, Phillip Agee, Ex-CIA. Phil named names, exposed CIA
agents and brought down whole agency operations back when he published
his book “Inside the Company” in 1975.
The difference with back then and todays whistleblowers is that Phil
Agee actually exposed CIA undercover agents, some of whom, being
involved in covert wars, were killed as a result, something Snowden
and Assange differ with Agee over.
>From a 3rd World perspective Phil Agee did us a lot of good by helping
us kick the criminals working for the CIA out of our countries. The
undercover agents who were killed were not the good guys Hollywood
would have you believe. Kidnapping, torture, dissapearences and
assasinations is what the CIA does, or oversees..
If you are a political activist in the 3rd World you want to know your
enemy so you can protect yourself from these criminals secretly draped
in the red, white and blue of Yanqui Imperialism.
Here is Africa we have learned from bitter experience that the CIA’s
prefered fronts are aid workers, journalists and clergy. Now if
Snowden or Assange would publish the names of the clergy, journalists
and aid workers working for the CIA, then maybe we could prevent them
from committing their malicious crimes of espionage, you know, save
lives and protect our loved ones and fellow country men and women?
If people living in the western countries were shocked by Snowdens
expose then they were pretty naive. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI never
respected anyones privacy, least of all the President of the USA. And
if you were deemed a threat, like over 200 Black Panthers and American
Indian activists, no compunctions about gunning you down..
Exposure of US government spying doesnt really help us here in the 3rd
World because we are being kidnapped, tortured, dissapeared and
assasinated. Spying on our mobile phones is quite a way’s down on the
list of our worries.
Hopefully the next generation of whistleblowers will remember Phillip
Agee and not just expose crimes but actively prevent any future damage
by naming names, exposing agents and destroying operations of the
international criminal cartel known as the CIA.
Thomas C. Mountain is an independent journalist in Eritrea, living and
reporting from here since 2006. His speeches, interviews and articles
can be seen on Facebook at thomascmountain and he can best be reached
at thomascmountain at g mail dot com
Received on Tue Nov 01 2016 - 01:57:50 EDT