Born on September 23, 1953, Earl Edwin Pitts was an all-American citizen. Earl Edwin Pitts is a native of Urbana, Missouri, has 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 (1), Earl Edwin Pitts dreamed of working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for two reasons, first to protect the United States and second, as a means to escape his small-town Missouri roots. 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, as well as protect classified information he had access to during his tenure at the Federal Bureau of Investigations. However, less than four years later, a disgruntled and angry Count Edwin Pitts plotted 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' 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. In a short time Earl Edwin Pitts was assigned to work as a member of a foreign counterintelligence team in New York City, however, the transition to his new position was not easy and things went badly. He began to blame the Federal Bureau of Investigations for his diminished prospects… half of the document… in the year 1997, Earl Edwin Pitts pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage. On June 23, Earl Edwin Pitts was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a federal judge who found the former agent guilty of the “most egregious breach of trust.” When asked why he spied, Pitts cited a number of complaints he had against the Federal Bureau of Investigations and stated that he "wanted to pay them back." (12) This could have been avoided if the Federal Bureau of Investigations had a program similar to the Army's Threat Awareness Reporting Program (TARP) to train colleagues what to look for and how to report indicators of espionage. Another preventative measure would be to work with employees on work preferences in workplaces. If Earl Edwin Pitts had not been transferred, he would not have thought of getting a refund and the nation's secrets would still be safe today..