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''The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the story of Dan Freeman, the first Black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history of training persons and political groups who later used their specialized training in gathering intelligence, political subversion, and guerrilla warfare against the CIA. The author, Sam Greenlee, was told by Aubrey Lewis (1935–2001), one of the first Black FBI agents recruited to the Bureau in 1962,〔(Richard Goldstein, "Aubrey Lewis, 66, Athlete Who Was an F.B.I. Pioneer" ), ''The New York Times'', December 13, 2001.〕 that ''The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' was required reading at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.〔(Gregg Reese, "Radical novelist Sam Greenlee dies at 83" ), ''Our Weekly'' (Los Angeles), May 22, 2014.〕 Greenlee's spy novel first was published in March 1969; by Allison & Busby in the U.K., and by the Richard W. Baron Publishing Company, in the U.S. The cinematic version, ''The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' (1973), was directed by Ivan Dixon, and the novel's author co-wrote the screenplay. ==Summary== ''The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' occurs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in the Chicago of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The story begins with Senator Hennington, a white, liberal senator who is facing a tight re-election vote, and so is looking for ways to win the Negro vote. His wife suggests that he accuse the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of racial discrimination, because the Agency has no black officers. Consequent to Senator Hennington's investigation, which assured a comfortable re-election, the CIA is required, for political reasons, to recruit Black Americans for training as case officers. Only Dan Freeman, secretly a black nationalist, successfully completes the training; of his recruitment class, he earned the highest grades and best marks for athleticism. Stationed in South Korea during the Korean War (1950–53), Freeman is an expert in hand-to-hand combat, especially judo; and played football at Michigan State University Having become the first black man in the Central Intelligence Agency, Freeman is given a desk job — Section Chief of the Top Secret Reproduction Center. Freeman understands that he is the token black man in the CIA, and that the CIA defines his presence as proof of the Agency's commitment to racial integration and social progress. When used as a "Model Negro", and tasked to appear and speak at social and official events, Freeman tells the story the audience wish to hear. He has a distaste for the "snob-ridden", political world of Washington D.C., and especially the city's black middle class. Therefore, after completing his training in guerrilla warfare, weaponry, communications, and subversion, Freeman continues working at CIA a long-enough time to avoid raising suspicion about his motives for resigning from the CIA; and then returns to Chicago to work providing social services to black people. On returning to the city, Freeman communicates with the Cobras, a street gang previously immune to appeals from social-service agencies. Immediately, he begins recruiting young black men from the ghettoes of Chicago, the "inner-city", to become Freedom Fighters, by teaching them the guerrilla warfare skills and tactics he learned at CIA. The Cobras' training includes a fight with the Comanches, a rival street gang; the study and appreciation of black poetry, music, and revolutionary leaders; a bank robbery on 115th and Halstead streets; and the robbery of a National Guard Armory on Cottage Grove Avenue. The Cobras have become a guerrilla group, with Dan Freeman as the secret leader, and, by means of violent and non-violent actions, set out to ensure that black people truly live freely in Chicago and the U.S. The “Freedom Fighters” of Chicago begin propaganda operations to tell the public about their guerrilla warfare throughout the U.S. To his guerrillas, Freeman says, “What we got now is a colony, what we want is a new nation.” As armed revolt and war of liberation occur throughout the poor neighbourhoods of Chicago, the Illinois National Guard and the Chicago police desperately try to stop the black Freedom Fighters. Learning the operational and tactical flaws of the National Guard's "sloppily trained and ill-disciplined" units, Freeman and the Freedom Fighters escalate their urban warfare in Chicago. First, they blow up the office of the mayor in the new city hall building. Secondly, they paint a Negro alderman's car yellow and white. Thirdly, they take over radio stations and broadcast propaganda from "the Freedom Fighters, the Urban Underground of Black Chicago." Fourth, they kidnap Colonel "Bull" Evans, the commander of the Illinois National Guard unit, drug him LSD, and then release him. After the Freedom Fighters start sniper attacks, killing National Guardsmen, Dan Freeman is visited by three, old friends, two women and a man. After speaking with his women friends, Freeman's final guest is Dawson, a friend and also a Chicago police sergeant. Suspicious of Freeman, Sergeant Dawson had secretly entered Freeman's apartment; his suspicion was verified when he found Freedom Fighter propaganda. After an argument, Freeman attacks Dawson and kills him. He then calls the ranking Freedom Fighters to dispose of Sergeant Dawson's body. The story closes with Dan Freeman ordering "Condition Red", which order activates guerrilla attack-teams in twelve cities throughout the U.S.A. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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