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==Reporting==
 
==Reporting==
 
In 1998, the magazine won an award from ''[[Project Censored]]'' for a story by [[Lawrence Soley]] in the Spring 1997 issue titled "Phi Beta Capitalism", about corporate influence on universities.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Big Business Seeks to Control and Influence U.S. Universities | publisher = [[Project Censored]] | date = 1998 | url = http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-big-business-seeks-to-control-and-influence-us-universities/| accessdate = 2010-08-10}}</ref> Another article highlighted by Project Censored was [[Michel Chossudovsky]]'s 2000 claim that the [[World Trade Organization]] was an "illegal institution".<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/13-the-world-trade-organization-is-an-illegal-institution/ Top 25 Censored Stories of 2001: 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution]</ref>
 
In 1998, the magazine won an award from ''[[Project Censored]]'' for a story by [[Lawrence Soley]] in the Spring 1997 issue titled "Phi Beta Capitalism", about corporate influence on universities.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Big Business Seeks to Control and Influence U.S. Universities | publisher = [[Project Censored]] | date = 1998 | url = http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-big-business-seeks-to-control-and-influence-us-universities/| accessdate = 2010-08-10}}</ref> Another article highlighted by Project Censored was [[Michel Chossudovsky]]'s 2000 claim that the [[World Trade Organization]] was an "illegal institution".<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/13-the-world-trade-organization-is-an-illegal-institution/ Top 25 Censored Stories of 2001: 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution]</ref>
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==Controversy==
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In 1998 the publishers of CAQ decided to fire, without notice, the staff who was, on a day to day basis, involved with the production and publication of the magazine. The magazine was published only a few more years and with less frequency. <ref>https://fas.org/irp/news/1998/07/980713-caq2.htm</ref><ref>https://cryptome.org/jya/caq-purge.htm</ref>
  
 
==FOIA==
 
==FOIA==
 
[[MuckRock]] asked about the magazine in 2016.<ref>https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/covertaction-quarterly-24737/</ref>
 
[[MuckRock]] asked about the magazine in 2016.<ref>https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/covertaction-quarterly-24737/</ref>
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==Anthologies==
 
==Anthologies==
 
Several articles from ''CovertAction Quarterly'' were collected in two anthologies, ''Covert Action: The Roots of Terrorism'' (ISBN 978-1876175849) and ''Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars The American Way'' (ISBN 978-1876175641), both published in 2003.
 
Several articles from ''CovertAction Quarterly'' were collected in two anthologies, ''Covert Action: The Roots of Terrorism'' (ISBN 978-1876175849) and ''Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars The American Way'' (ISBN 978-1876175641), both published in 2003.

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Typemagazine
Founder(s)Philip Agee,  [[..|...]]
Founded1978
Dissolved2005
Author(s)various
InterestsCIA, Covert operations
Local copyBroken Link: [[{{{local}}}]]
A magazine focused on US covert operations, relaunched in 2018.

CovertAction Quarterly is a publication focused on the CIA like its 'precursor' magazine CounterSpy.

Legal change

Its 'Naming names' column inspired the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act which made it a crime to name US spooks.

Reporting

In 1998, the magazine won an award from Project Censored for a story by Lawrence Soley in the Spring 1997 issue titled "Phi Beta Capitalism", about corporate influence on universities.[1] Another article highlighted by Project Censored was Michel Chossudovsky's 2000 claim that the World Trade Organization was an "illegal institution".[2]

Controversy

In 1998 the publishers of CAQ decided to fire, without notice, the staff who was, on a day to day basis, involved with the production and publication of the magazine. The magazine was published only a few more years and with less frequency. [3][4]

FOIA

MuckRock asked about the magazine in 2016.[5]

Anthologies

Several articles from CovertAction Quarterly were collected in two anthologies, Covert Action: The Roots of Terrorism (ISBN 978-1876175849) and Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars The American Way (ISBN 978-1876175641), both published in 2003.

Relaunch

The project has been relaunched in 2018 as CovertAction Magazine (CAM).[6] Old issues have been made available as well.

 

Documents sourced from CovertAction Quarterly

TitleTypeSubject(s)Publication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:George Bush and the CIA In the Company of FriendsarticleCIA
George H. W. Bush
US/Deep state
Zapata Petroleum
1992Anthony KimeryAn overview of Bush's CIA work and related business activity.
Document:The Long Secret AlliancearticleCambodia
Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot
September 1997John PilgerThe suppressed history of US sponsorship of the genocidal Pol Pot Khymer Rouge regime in Cambodia through the 1970-80's
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