Posted on 09/21/2006 10:16:34 AM PDT by bnacat
Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnam's most famous war-time spy Pham Xuan An, who worked as a trusted reporter for Western news agencies in Saigon by day and sent secret reports to Hanoi by night, has died at age 79, his family said Thursday.
During the war, An was known as a "dean of the Vietnamese press corps," a crack reporter who brought fantastic contacts and keen political analysis to his work for news organizations including Reuters, the Christian Science Monitor and finally TIME magazine.
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Gee, someone in the media is actually a Communist. Shocking!
Well when he gets where he's going, I hope there are a few angry Nam vets waiting to toss him into the pit.
Yet, he remained a communist ignorant of the FACT Socialism is slavery by government.. as are all american democrats and probably half the republicans..
He remained a communist therefore a moron..
Since he's a dead commie, is he now a good commie?
It really would have been better. Perhaps, as the hammer went back, he would have had a chance at contrition for his part in bringing about the murder of several million of his countrymen.
He might have been afforded better accommodations than the ones he's probably enjoying now.
Enjoy hell m****r f****r!
Vietnam's most famous war-time spy Pham Xuan An, who worked as a trusted reporter for Western news agencies in Saigon by day and sent secret reports to Hanoi by night, has died at age 79, his family said Thursday.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Media has spies in its midst? Whodda thunked!
May he be with Walter Duranty in Hell.
shame he was never punished for his crimes
I bet this guy was an objective, truthful reporter.
When reporting to his real bosses in North Vietnam.
Otherwise, he was probably the same as the vast bulk of "journalists".
Yeah he was, he had to live in Vietnam.
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