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Philip Agee

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The Resume

    (July 19, 1935-January 7, 2008)
    Born in Tacoma Park, Florida
    Died in Havana, Cuba
    Former CIA case officer
    Wrote 'Inside the Company: CIA Diary' (1975), 'Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe' (1978) and 'On the Run' (1987)

Why he might be annoying:

    He claims he resigned from the CIA because of a crisis of conscience, but journalist John Barron reported he was forced out 'for a variety of reasons, including his irresponsible drinking, continuous and vulgar propositioning of embassy wives, and inability to manage his finances.'
    'Inside the Company' named 250 CIA agents, putting them and their contacts in danger.
    George H. W. Bush called him 'a traitor to this country.'
    He said, 'I approve KGB activities, Communist activities in general.'
    At the time of his death, he ran an internet travel company that encouraged Americans to violate the law by ignoring a US embargo and travelling to Cuba.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He decided to expose the CIA after witnessing people being tortured in Uruguay because of information he provided the government.
    He inspired Congress to pass the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
    He spent the rest of his life on the run, having been expelled from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, West Germany, Italy, Grenada and Nicaragua before settling in Cuba.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 67.92% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 72 Votes: 66.67% Annoying