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| − | + | '''''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 [[spook]]s. | ||
| + | ==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> | ||
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| + | ==FOIA== | ||
| + | [[MuckRock]] asked about the magazine in 2016.<ref>https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/covertaction-quarterly-24737/</ref> | ||
| + | ==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. | ||
| + | ==Relaunch== | ||
The project has been relaunched in 2018 as CovertAction Magazine (CAM).<ref>https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/history/</ref> Old issues have been made [https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/back-issues/ available as well.] | The project has been relaunched in 2018 as CovertAction Magazine (CAM).<ref>https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/history/</ref> Old issues have been made [https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/back-issues/ available as well.] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 20:47, 6 December 2018
 CovertAction Quarterly     | |
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| Type | magazine |
| Founder(s) | Philip Agee, [[..|...]] |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Dissolved | 2005 |
| Author(s) | various |
| Interests | CIA, Covert operations |
| Local copy | Broken 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.
Contents
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]
FOIA
MuckRock asked about the magazine in 2016.[3]
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).[4] Old issues have been made available as well.
Documents sourced from CovertAction Quarterly
| Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:George Bush and the CIA In the Company of Friends | article | CIA George H. W. Bush US/Deep state Zapata Petroleum | 1992 | Anthony Kimery | An overview of Bush's CIA work and related business activity. |
| Document:The Long Secret Alliance | article | Cambodia Khmer Rouge Pol Pot | September 1997 | John Pilger | The suppressed history of US sponsorship of the genocidal Pol Pot Khymer Rouge regime in Cambodia through the 1970-80's |
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References
- ↑ "Big Business Seeks to Control and Influence U.S. Universities". Project Censored. 1998. Retrieved 2010-08-10.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Project Censored, Top 25 Censored Stories of 2001: 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution
- ↑ https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/covertaction-quarterly-24737/
- ↑ https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/history/
