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Crime History: FBI agent snared in spying case

By Scott McCabe
Published December 17, 2012 5:00am ET
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Crime History: FBI agent snared in spying case
On this day, Dec. 18, in 1996, a senior FBI agent and former counterspy was arrested on espionage charges at the FBI Academy in Quantico, where he worked. Earl Edwin Pitts was snared in a sting with the help of a defected Russian official. Pitts 43, ended up revealing to an FBI undercover agent details […]

On this day, Dec. 18, in 1996, a senior FBI agent and former counterspy was arrested on espionage charges at the FBI Academy in Quantico, where he worked.

Earl Edwin Pitts was snared in a sting with the help of a defected Russian official. Pitts 43, ended up revealing to an FBI undercover agent details of his spying assignment.

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