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Edward Lee Victor Howard (27 October 1951 – 12 July 2002) was a CIA case officer who defected to the Soviet Union.
Jul 23, 2002 · Edward Lee Howard, the former C.I.A. agent who defected to the Soviet Union in the mid-1980's after a disappearing act in the New Mexico desert, has died....
The web page recounts the stories of several Soviet spies who were exposed and arrested in 1985, including Aldrich Ames, who confessed to betraying the CIA. It does not mention Edward Lee Howard, who was a CIA officer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985 and later died in Moscow.
Mar 19, 2013 · The embassy workers would later learn they had come face-to-face with one of the FBI's most wanted: Edward Lee Howard, an ex-CIA officer trained in counter-surveillance who only a few years earlier had outwitted the Bureau to escape the county.
- George Levines
Edward Lee Howard was a former CIA officer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985 after being dismissed from the agency for drug use and theft. He had previously served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia and Costa Rica, and later wrote a memoir about his life and espionage.
The first CIA officer to defect to the USSR, Edward Lee Howard claimed he was framed by a KGB double agent and a CIA cover-up. Learn about his mysterious life, death and the twists and turns of his spy story.
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Jul 24, 2002 · Edward Lee Howard, the former CIA agent who defected to the Soviet Union in the mid 1980s after a disappearing act in the New Mexico desert, has died. He was 50.
