The White Shadow is a mysterious government agent. He is an enigmatic individual claiming to be sent by the apparent "powers that be" to spy on radical activist Huey Freeman, from monitoring his communications to personal conversations. However, he could just as well be an imaginary "G-man" stemming from Huey's increasingly paranoid imagination. However he says that "Just because I tape your phone conversations and monitor your emails, doesn't mean we can't be friends", to which Huey obviously detests.