Born on September 23, 1953, Earl Edwin Pitts was a all-American, clean-cut citizen of the United States. Earl Edwin Pitts is a native of Urbana, Missouri, he has a Bachelors in Science Degree from Central Missouri State University, a Master's Degree from Webster College, and a law degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He served in the Army from 1975 to 1980. As a law school graduate and retired Army Captain (1), Earl Edwin Pitts had dreamed of working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for two reasons, first to protect the United States and second, as a means of escaping his small town Missouri roots. On September 18, 1983 Earl Edwin Pitts joined the Federal Bureau of Investigations as a Special Agent taking the solemn oath of office and promising to support and defend the Constitution of the United States as well as to protect the secret information accessed during his tenure at the Federal Bureau of Investigations however, less than four years later, a disgruntled and angry Earl Edwin Pitts entered into a conspiracy with the Soviet Union to betray his country. Earl Edwin Pitts was a thirteen year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigations when he was caught selling information to the United States’ largest adversary; nine of those years were as a double agent. (2)
Originally assigned the Federal Bureau of Investigations Field Office in Alexandria, Virginia, Earl Edwin Pitts investigated narcotics and small white collar crimes. Before long Earl Edwin Pitts was assigned to work as a member of a foreign Counter-Intelligence squad in New York City however, the transition to his new location was not easy and things went badly. He started to blame the Federal Bureau of Investigations for his reduced prospect...
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...ary 1997, Earl Edwin Pitts plead guilty on two counts of espionage. On 23 June, Earl Edwin Pitts was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a Federal judge who stated that the former agent was guilty of “the most egregious abuse of trust.” When asked why he spied, Pitts cited a number of grievances he had against the Federal Bureau of Investigations and stated that he “wanted to pay them back.” (12) This could have been prevented if the Federal Bureau of Investigations had a program similar to the Army’s TARP (Threat Awareness Reporting Program) to train fellow employees what to look for and how to report on espionage indicators. Another preventive measure would be to work with employees on job preferences to duty locations, If Earl Edwin Pitts would not have been transferred he would not have thought to get payback and the nations secrets would still be secure today.
following the Trial in the District Court for the District of Maryland question whether the district court gathered legit evidence on Ronald Pelton due to Electronic Surveillance conducted pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Act.-("Ronald w. pelton,," 1987) the petitioner Ronald William Pelton was convicted of committing espionage and attempted espionage, due to this conviction Ronald received concurrent life sentencing on the espionage and conspiracy counts and a concurrent ten year sentence on the unauthorized- disclosure count.("Ronald w. pelton,," 1987)
In September of 1940, a debonairly young RAF pilot named Roald Dahl crashed in the Western Desert of North Africa. From the crash, Dahl is rewarded with severe injuries to the head, nose and back. In 1942, Dahl, was commanded to take a job working at the British Embassy in Washington where he worked as an assistant air attaché. He was a 26 year old and he desperately wanted to be in the middle of the battle, where he could shoot other planes and enemy soldiers from his Gladiator plane. He didn’t want to be shoved into an office where he had to sit at a desk for 11 hours. Soon after his arrival in the United States Capitol, Dahl was “"caught up in the complex web of intrigue masterminded by [William] Stephenson, the legendary Canadian spymaster, who outmaneuvered the FBI and State Department and managed to create an elaborate clandestine organization whose purpose was to weaken the isolationist forces in America and influence U.S. policy in favor of Britain. Tall, handsome, and intelligent, Dahl had all the makings of an ideal operative. A courageous officer wounded in battle, smashing looking in his dress uniform, he was everything England could have asked for as a romantic representative of their imperiled island. He was also arrogant, idiosyncratic, and incorrigible, and probably the last person anyone would have considered reliable enough to be trusted with anything secret. Above all, however, Dahl was a survivor. When he got into trouble, he was shrewd enough to make himself useful to British intelligence, providing them with gossipy items that proved he had a nose for scandal and the writer's ear for damning detail. Already attached to the British air mi...
All-in-all Elvis’s career was long and productive. He has sold more records then anyone else ever has. He had many gold and multi-platinum records. Starred in many movies and made a lot of television appearances. Elvis has made his imprint on the American history in many ways. He will always be remembered as “The King”. Almost everyone in the Rock And Roll industry owe their careers to Elvis Aaron Pressley.
Andrew Batten, the executive director of Frances Tavern in New York, explains that “Everything about being a spy went against the code of the gentleman,” speaking about espionage in the late 18th century. In this period, espionage was seen by most as a disgraceful profession. This is why although the Continental Army needed spies to help them win the Revolutionary War, so many people refused to do the job because they feared becoming someone who dedicated their lives to lies and deception. However, american history is full of brave, forward thinking men and women who dedicated their lives to taking risks in order to create a better life for themselves and for future generations. Among these courageous souls are the founders and members of the elusive Culper Spy Ring. This ring of spies and informants operated during the American
Sulick, Michael J.. Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War., Georgetown University Press, 2012
He wanted to get a rifle, but his mother talked him into getting the guitar instead. Did you know in 1954, Elvis auditioned to be in a gospel quartet, and was turned down? He definitely proved them wrong. Elvis, at only 19, began his singing career in 1954, and by 1956 was an international sensation. Being so young when he started, it is amazing to see that he had many different musical influences. Pop and country were influences at the time, gospel from his family, church, and the all-night gospel concerts that he frequently attended, and the R&B music he heard as a Memphis teen. Elvis went to Sun Records and paid four dollars to make his first record as a gift for his mom, and ended up being discovered. In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with Sun Records label. They were looking for a new sound that blended the best of black music, and the best of white music. Luckily, Elvis helped fit that part perfectly. He ended up recording approximately twenty-four songs at Sun Records Studio. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. Elvis’ breakthrough hit was Heartbreak Hotel, released in 1956. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences, he blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time. He brought in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 150 different albums and singles, far more than any other artist. His talent, good looks, sexual attractiveness, charm, and good humor made him loved by millions,as did the humbleness and kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. He is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture (Remembering Elvis, 40 Years
The FBI's size and jurisdiction during the second World War greatly increased and included intelligence matters abroad. At the end of World War II, and the introduction of the Atomic Bomb, the FBI began working on background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as internal security for the executive branch of the government. In 1945, the FBI raided a magazine company that was particularly interested in the Far East and discovered a multitude of classified state documents. Around this time, Americans feared the invasion of Communism, which triggered the FBI to investigate people within the U.S. whom were suspected of sabotage and undermining Democracy in the name of Communism.
In 2011, two former employees for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and an official from a small business Eyak Technology LLC were indicted on federal charges that included bribery, wire fraud, money laundering and unlawful kickbacks. In order to help better understand the details of the charges against these men, a closer look at the responsibility the individuals involved held with regard to the federal government is paramount. The suspects from USACE; Alexander Michael and Kerry Khan were programs managers at the time of said crime. Alexander Michael who was employed with USACE since 1979, was responsible for the USACE Directorate of Contingency Operations and had authority to secure funding for the USACE projects, this included
I believe that Pat Boone should not be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since he took most of his hits from R&B artists and made them more watered down, as previously stated above. According to the article we had read in class, he did not give credit to the artists that he took the songs from but moreso to his record company that had picked out the songs
Born December 19, 1880 Earl “Pete” Hancock Ellis was a product of modest means. He was educated in prairie schools of Kanas. Yet, by 1911, his high aptitude for strategizing military tactical objectives and predicting the moves of the enemy earned him the high honor as a student at the Naval War College. Ellis would go on to teach at the Naval War College and write many works that were innovative for his time and ours. Advanced Based Operations In Micronesia, is arguably his most notable work. ELLIS’ WRITINGS PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN MODERN WARFARE AND BUSH BRIGADES IS PERHAPS THE MOST RELEVANT WORK OF ELLIS’ FOR OUR TIME. His works serve as the bases for Marine Corp Operations as we know them.
Earl Edwin Pitts, a former United States Army service member, a certified attorney and FBI special Agent was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison in 1996 for spying against his own country, the United States, for Russia and the former Soviet Union. Pitts’ spying activities from 1987 to 1992 provided top-secret classified information to KGB and later on Sluzhba Vneshney Rasvedi Rossii (SVRR) Russian intelligence officers in exchange for monetary compensation (FBI Special Agent…, 1996). The consequences of Pitts’ actions resulted in the failure and compromise of multiple FBI operations during that period of time. When the FBI became suspicious of having a mole within their ranks they conducted an investigation and the FBI’s counterintelligence
Victor Cherkashin was a foreign Counterintelligence Officer for the KGB assigned to the Soviet Union Embassy in Washington, DC from 1979 until 1989. Cherkashin is responsible for “the recruitment in 1985 and running of Rick Ames” (Ehrman, 2008). In addition to Ames, Cherkashin supervised the recruitment of Ronald Pelton, a former National Security Agency employee and FBI employee Robert Hanssen. The recruitment process of Ames was limited because, he had gone willingly to the Soviet Embassy and his only motivation was money. Cherkashin confesses, Ames “fell into (my) lap” and the only thing the Soviets needed to do was provide monetary compensation (Ehrman, 2008). Cherkashin recognized the sensitivity of the information Ames was providing
Elvis Presley was a well-known man and loved by many people. Based on http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/04/11/elvis-presley-teens-consumer-culture/Elvis Just like Muddy Waters, Presley timing was perfect as well. He came into and era (1950s) where the devastations of the great depression and world wars were over. People were now starting to have some freedom and enjoy the thing they loved which was listening to music and living life to the fullest. The social change that the 50s brought reflected music significantly, and Elvis Presley arose.. Kids were now starting to rebel against their parents and they had a lot of extra money to spend on records because of prosperity. During the Wars, money was limited and kids and adults had to work extra hard and save for survival purposes, but once the war-ended money could be used for pleasure reasons rather than just for survival. In addition, in the 50s our country had it’s own war, and I’m not talking about the World Wars, but yet human inequality. The civil rights movement was one of the biggest social changes in history and was a time where a lot of great artist prevailed and made songs on the issue. Elvis Presley showed just how social changes could influence or reflect the history of rock “n” roll. Presley started a culture, his hairstyle, the way he dressed all became part of the youth around the country. As I said our country was fighting its own war with segregation, Elvis music help bring people together. His music not on appealed white crowds, but black crowds listened to him as well. He brought people together through music, and proved to the world that he could be successful. He was one of the artist that mastered crossover, bringing every color to liking his music. Based on Larson fourth edition pg 38, it says that his record sales boomed, and then rock “n”
Nedzi (D-Mich.), Luclen N. “Oversight or Overlook: Congress and the US Intelligence Agency.” A Congressman talk to the CIA senior seminar, November 14, 1979, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol18no2/pdf/v18i2a02p.pdf (accessed January 7, 2014).
The discovery of Klaus Fuchs’s espionage, more so than the news of Soviet nuclear test, marked the start of the Cold War and a worsening of Soviet-American relations. The case again raised the American public’s feelings against Communism. Similarly, it caused a cooling of Anglo-American relations, and dashed hopes of Britain to cooperate with America on nuclear projects in the future. In addition, Britain paid notice to the “incompetence which constitute the history of the British security” for the MI5 cleared Fuchs at least eight times. The British public asked in shock, “How did Dr. Fuchs, a confessed Communist, get away with it for seven years? Why did the tip that led to his arrest have to come from the United Stated Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than from the M. I. 5?” As result, “loud demands were being made today for a thorough overhaul of Britain’s security arrangements as a result of… the trial of Dr. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs,” including a reorganization of “anti-espionage precautions at all the secret establishments,” an reexamination of “personal records of all the 3,000 persons employed at the atomic energy plants,” and doubts about “whether the policy of granting asylum to political refugees would be