David Atlee Phillips (October 31, 1922 – July 7, 1988) was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer of 25 years and a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal. Phillips rose to become the CIA's chief of operations for the Western Hemisphere.

Phillips consistently denied that he was involved in Kennedy’s assassination and sued JFK authors who suggested he did. Late in life, Phillips told former HSCA investigator Kevin Walsh that he thought JFK was killed by unnamed “rogue” CIA officers.

2017年7月15日 · David Atlee Phillips rose to be the CIA’s chief of Western Hemisphere operations. He hadn’t reached that level yet when I met him, but he was clearly powerful. He could order Castro’s death ...

David Atlee Phillips was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on 31st October, 1922. He was educated at William and Mary College and Texas Christian University. During the Second World War he served as a nose gunner in the United States Air Force. Phillips joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1950.

2017年11月9日 · Documents about Fort Worth native and TCU graduate David Atlee Phillips were among the thousands released in mostly unredacted form by the National Archives.

1988年7月10日 · David Atlee Phillips, who spent 25 years undercover for the C.I.A. and resigned as chief of Latin American and Caribbean operations to plead the agency's case in print and on the lecture...

David Atlee Phillips was a longtime agent for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1975. Phillips was born on October 31, 1922 in Fort Worth Texas. He attended William And Mary College and later enrolled at Texas Christian University.