Posted on 05/10/2007 8:35:38 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Pham Xuan An, 79; Reporter for Time, Spy for Viet Cong
By Patricia Sullivan Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 21, 2006; B07
Pham Xuan An, 79, the Viet Cong colonel who worked as a reporter for U.S. news organizations during the Vietnam War while also spying for the communists, died of emphysema Sept. 20 in a military hospital in the former Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City.
The secret of Mr. Pham's double life was kept for almost 30 years, from 1959 until the 1980s. He was the first Vietnamese to be a full-time staff correspondent for a major U.S. publication, working primarily for Time magazine...
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First, but not the last traitor working for the American media...
Here’s a link to a book about him. Here’s the money quote (why am I not surprised):
Pham Xuan An died of emphysema on September 20, 2006, just eight days after his 79th birthday. His coffin lay in state for two days of public tribute before a funeral with full military honors. Yet, several wreaths at An’s funeral spoke volumes to the An who was not a spy and Hero: “To our beloved teacher Pham Xuan An, we will always cherish your wisdom and friendship,” from the Vietnam Project, Harvard University; “With out deepest gratitude for your counsel and encouragement,” from the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program; “In admiration and loving memory of Pham Xuan An,” from Neil, Susan, Catherine, and Maria Sheehan.
http://hnn.us/articles/37934.html
ping
Pham was kind of at a disadvantage from the other Time reporters in that Pham hat to at least pretend not to be a communist.
Not really. They are committed to their beliefs that the "Killing Fields" were somehow Nixon's fault, not theirs.
Back then, they hired a Communist staffer. Today, they are hiring Islamist staffers. Not just one, but by the hundreds, hand over fist. A news organization isn't a proper news organization today, with proper multi culti credentials, unless it hires Muslim reporters and photographers to do all the Muslim stories. Besides, they have the inside track, they know about the stories before they happen, and they aren't in any danger of being shot or kidnapped by the enemy.
Today, anti-American communist sympathizers work openly at many US media outlets. They solicit classified documents from government employees, write articles disparaging our leaders and spread propaganda telling our soldiers they can’t win and need to go home. In short, they do everything that Pham Xuan An should have been hanged for.
Well, today we have one running hard to be returned to the White House. Fact is......she may win the race.
“it’s amazing how the fellow reporters he deceived both admire and defend him to this very day.”
maybe his “fellow reporters” were just fellow travelers and knew all along.
One thing is for sure. If he did not repent before his death, he knows now and forever how verrrrry naughty it was to be a communist.
In 1976, the bureau closed and Mr. Pham endured a year of “reeducation” in Hanoi. He was suspected of becoming too close to Americans and was kept under house arrest, barred from seeing returning veterans or reporters. He was still nominally a military intelligence officer.
By 1990, as Vietnam was reopening to Western visitors, Mr. Pham was promoted to major general and was named a Hero of the People’s Armed Forces, with four military-exploit medals.
Of course, he was interested in a different sort of news.
==maybe his “fellow reporters” were just fellow travelers and knew all along.
Very possible. Useful idiots at the very least.
“Commie scum. I have read up on this guy. It’s amazing how the fellow reporters he deceived both admire and defend him to this very day.”
doesn’t surprise me at all.
If he thought the war was hot, he’s in for a rude awakening.
“died of emphysema”
Good, the bastard suffered like the brave men who died as a direct result of his actions. I hope there is a hell for animals such as this, and that it is like the Southern Baptists say.
Only now he realizes everything he believed and fought for was a total, complete lie.
Gee, thanks for reminding me. :-(^
mark
After all, he helped end a terrible war, saving thousands of American lives and bringing a benevolent, peaceful egalitarian communist utopia to the people of Vietnam. I mean really, this guy should get the Nobel Peace Prize. Jimmy Carter got it and so did Arafat so he would be in friendly company.
Makes sense to me. /sarcasm
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