Background on the "covert comic": http://www.nydailynews.com/1999-01-17/news_and_views/daily_dish/a-16719.asp Online version of book, apparently complete: http://www.covertcomic.com/CCSchool.htm --- For Immediate Release Contact: John Alejandro King http://www.covertcomic.com/contact.htm Controversial CIA Officer Publishes Book Of Poetry Agency Calls Material "Tasteless" Washington DC, May 24, 2001 – A controversial CIA officer has published a book of poetry, to the apparent consternation of CIA officials. The book, called 'School of Assassins,' appears on the web site of controversial CIA officer John Alejandro King, also known as 'The Covert Comic' (URL: www.covertcomic.com). The book pokes fun at the CIA, the FBI, and conspiracy theories while claiming to donate profits to Amnesty International and food banks to help the poor. Selections in 'School of Assassins' include such titles as '99 Intelligence Documents' (a CIA version of '99 Bottles of Beer,' about the sale of classified documents to foreign spy agencies by CIA employees), 'Cointelpro' (a poem about illegal CIA and FBI 'dirty tricks' against US citizens in the 1960's and '70's) and 'Guatemala City Shooting,' in which King may or may not have confessed to committing a crime against humanity. Other poems include 'Date with Stalin,' 'Rape and Hip-Hop,' and the title work 'School of Assassins,' a poem about the infamous School of the Americas, where Latin American military and security officials receive classified training from US Government intelligence agencies. A CIA official contacted by journalists acknowledged that The Covert Comic web site is the work of a real CIA employee. The same official denied reports that the employee has been targeted for retaliation by the CIA for publishing the site. Agency officials have previously characterized writing in The Covert Comic web site as "tasteless." Agency officials had no comment regarding King’s claim - believed to be a joke - that he assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The Covert Comic, a.k.a. John Alejandro King, is a CIA officer living in the Washington DC area. He has been written about in the Washington Post, London Daily Mail and New York Daily News. A well-known Washington DC 'security consultant' recently sold Hollywood a treatment for a film about The Covert Comic's life (not surprisingly, The Covert Comic didn't get any money for it). The Covert Comic's hobbies include writing and publishing jokes and prose on his web site (www.covertcomic.com), and getting in trouble with the Government. To date The Covert Comic and his friends have spent a lot of money in legal fees to keep him from getting fired by the CIA. If a miracle happens and someone actually buys some of The Covert Comic's writing, a huge portion (maybe even all) of the proceeds will be donated to charity (whichever damn charity you want). For more information contact John Alejandro King at http://www.covertcomic.com/contact.htm. ### ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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