Editing David Atlee Phillips (section)

==Post-CIA Career and Literary Contributions==
After retiring, Phillips pursued writing and consulting, leveraging his CIA experience. He published The Night Watch: 25 Years of Peculiar Service (1977), a memoir blending fact and flair, praised for its insight into covert operations but criticized for omissions, particularly on Chile. Under the pseudonym Philip Atlee, he wrote spy novels like The Green Wound Contract (1963), drawing on his operational knowledge. His 1984 book, The Carlos Contract, fictionalized anti-terrorism missions, reflecting his post-CIA interests. Phillips also lectured on intelligence, defending the CIA’s role in countering 'communism', though he acknowledged its excesses in interviews with The Washington Post.