Many journalists abroad, especially war correspondents, worked as assets or spies for their governments. But the assets often volunteer but are not employees. S

Many journalists abroad, especially war correspondents, worked as assets or spies for their governments. But the assets often volunteer but are not employees. So they are harder to manage and control. Hemingway volunteered to work for the government and then became collateral damage. The Old Man and the Sea could have been about his struggle with the government and the national security establishment.