He was editor of Encounter magazine from 1953 to 1966, but resigned after it emerged that the Congress for Cultural Freedom, which published the magazine, was being covertly funded by the CIA.

Covertly funded, covertly engaged, making enemies by his activities.

Spender resigned after it emerged that the Congress for Cultural Freedom, which published the magazine, was being covertly funded by the CIA.

Nevertheless, Leary occupied the vanguard of this field (much of it covertly funded by the C.I.A., as detailed in "Acid Dreams," by Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain) when it was just developing, and his archive has been likened to a clearinghouse for drug research.

They had been fighting the anti-government Mujahideen forces which since 1979 as part of its cold war strategy had been covertly funded and trained by the United States government through the Pakistani secret service known as Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).

Only the year before the new president and the CIA had been humiliated when their covertly funded and organized 'arms-length' invasion of Cuba by 'exiles' had been trounced by well-trained Cuban troops led by Che Guevara.

At this time he also contributed articles to the magazine Encounter (then covertly funded by the CIA).

In addition, a hired team of armed vigilantes covertly funded by the U.S. and several other nations is hunting Adam as well, and have developed an "Eternity bullet" - manufactured from shards of the Rock of Eternity - which can penetrate Adam's skin and kill him.