The Company and the Country: Former CIA Officer & Whistleblower, Philip Agee (1995) - Part 2 of 2

Philip Agee is the most important CIA whistleblower ever.

In this program (part 2 of 2), former CIA officer and best selling author Agee discusses his history in the CIA, and the CIA harassment of him after he quit the agency and decided to
write his first book, "CIA Diary: Inside the Company." He also discusses current events and other CIA operations.

Agee joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1957 and worked as a case officer in several Latin American countries. He later claimed: "My eyes began to open little by little down there as I began to realize more and more that all of the things that I, and my colleagues were doing in the CIA had one goal that was that we were supporting the traditional power structures in Latin America. These power structures had been in place for centuries. Where in a relative few families where able to control the wealth and income and power of the state and the economy. To the exclusion of the majority of the population in many countries. The only glue that kept this system together was political repression. I was involved in this. Eventually I decided I didn't want anything more to do with that."