John Stockwell, Who Wrote a Tell-All Book About the C.I.A., Dies at 88

The New York Times ^ | 6/25/26 | Trip Gabriel

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John Stockwell, who publicly resigned from the Central Intelligence Agency in 1977, accusing it of deceit and illegality, after a career as a covert operative in Vietnam and Africa, died this month in Austin, Texas. He was 88. ....

Mr. Stockwell’s break with the C.I.A. — during a period when several former officers published damning exposés of what was informally known as “the Company” — was public and showy.

His resignation letter ran in The Washington Post. He wrote a tell-all book, “In Search of Enemies” (1978), which the C.I.A. sought to suppress. He was interviewed on the CBS news program “60 Minutes” about his path from Cold War idealist to scathing critic of America’s covert efforts at regime change abroad.

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behind a paywall

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archive.ph

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https://archive.ph/WzdUE

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Stockwell was a liberal nut and deep state hack.

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Yes. He assisted Soviet/Cuban propaganda operations in Angola and was associated with the Soviet front groups World Peaceways and the Association for Responsible Dissent (ARDIS, a predecessor of VIPS cofounded by Daniel Ellsberg and Philip Agee).

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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-21-me-1172-story.html

Ex-Believers Attack Cult of Intelligence : Disenchanted Former CIA, FBI Members Seek Funds to Support Activist Group
By ALAN C. MILLER
Aug. 21, 1988 12 AM PT

A fledgling national association of former CIA spies, FBI agents and others notoriously disaffected with U.S. covert activities is tapping Los Angeles political progressives for financial and organizational support.

The Assn. for Responsible Dissent, whose 30 founding members include such prominent activists as Daniel Ellsberg, John Stockwell and Philip B.F. Agee, attracted an overflow crowd of 250 counterculture veterans and left-leaning yuppies to an organizational meeting in Studio City last month.

The session raised nearly $6,000, produced 125 volunteers and led ARDIS to schedule a second meeting in Los Angeles on Aug. 29. The association, which opened its first office in Elgin, Tex., earlier this year, hopes to open offices in Los Angeles and Washington if it can reach its fund-raising goal of $330,000. . .

ARDIS’ 21-member advisory board also includes several well-known leftist activists: former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark; actor Ed Asner; Stanley Sheinbaum, a wealthy economist and Democratic fund-raiser, and Noam Chomsky, a linguist and Libertarian socialist. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Tex.) and author Studs Terkel are also board members.

Stockwell, ARDIS’ founder and executive director, takes pains to represent the group as responsible and law-abiding.