Born on September 23, 1953, Earl Edwin Pitts was a full-fledged American citizen. Earl Edwin Pitts is a native of Urbana, Missouri, and holds a bachelor of 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. A law school graduate and retired Army captain, Earl Edwin Pitts had dreamed of working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for two reasons, first to protect the United States and second to protect the United States. a way to escape his roots in small-town Missouri. On September 18, 1983, Earl Edwin Pitts joined the Federal Bureau of Investigations as a special agent, taking a solemn oath and promising to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and protect secret information obtained during his tenure. at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, less than four years later, a disgruntled and angry Federal Bureau of Investigations Earl Edwin Pitts entered into a conspiracy with the Soviet Union to betray his country. Earl Edwin Pitts had been working at the Federal Bureau of Investigations for thirteen years when he was caught selling information to America's greatest adversary; nine of those years were as a double agent. (2) Originally assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigations field office in Alexandria, Virginia, Earl Edwin Pitts investigated narcotics and petty white-collar crimes. Shortly thereafter, Earl Edwin Pitts was assigned to a foreign counterintelligence team in New York. However, the transition to his new location was not easy and things went badly. He began blaming the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his diminished prospects......middle of newspaper......in January 1997, Earl Edwin Pitts pleads guilty to two counts of espionage. On June 23, Earl Edwin Pitts was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a federal judge who said the former agent was guilty of "the most egregious breach of trust." When asked why he was spying, Pitts cited a number of grievances he had against the Federal Bureau of Investigations and said he "wanted to repay them." (12) This could have been avoided if the Federal Bureau of Investigations had implemented a program similar to the Army's Threat Awareness Reporting Program (TARP) to train its colleagues on what to look for and how to report threat indicators. 'espionage. Another preventative measure would be to work with employees on professional workplace preferences. If Earl Edwin Pitts had not been transferred, he would not have thought about getting a reward and the nation's secrets would still be safe today..