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E. Howard Hunt

(1918–2007) Writer

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E. Howard Hunt was a writer.

Quick Facts About E. Howard Hunt

Born: October 9, 1918
Died: January 23, 2007
Profession: Writer

About E. Howard Hunt

[Wikidata] American intelligence officer and author (1918-2007)... | [Wikipedia] Everette Howard Hunt Jr. was an American intelligence officer and author. From 1949 to 1970, Hunt served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he was a central figure in U.S. regime change in Latin America including the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Inv

Quotes by E. Howard Hunt

I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very…

Agency

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My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage.

Espionage

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I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think…

Career

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No one is entitled to the truth.

Entitled

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May God have mercy on my soul for the deaths on my name and for the treachery I committed. Betrayal of God…

Betrayal

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So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge…

Behinds

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There are two rules for achieving anything. Rule No. 1: Get started. Rule No. 2: Keep going.

Achieve

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I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was…

Chiefs

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We had, after all, no other recourse to protect ourselves, no other document, let's say, than the Monroe Doctrine. So that could…

After

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So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the…

Administration

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