"I think it has to be a knowing and intentional disclosure of someone you know to be a "covert" agent."
That is correct. The whole point of the legislation was to go after people like Agee -- and the people at "Covert Weekly" (or whatever it was called), which was a Cuban/Communist front organization who wanted to "out" all CIA covert agents so that they could be killed.
"That is correct. The whole point of the legislation was to go after people like Agee -- and the people at "Covert Weekly" (or whatever it was called)..."
Now I remember. It was "Covert Action Quarterly."
And the Democrats screamed bloody murder when the IIPA was passed.