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This article describes Earl Pitts the Russian spy. For the radio character see Earl Pitts (radio character).Earl Edwin Pitts (born September 23 1953) is a former FBI special agent who in 1996 was arrested at the FBI Academy in Quantico Virginia. Pitts was charged with several offenses including spying for the Soviet Union. In February 1997 he pled guilty to conspiring and attempting to commit espionage in exchange for a reduced prison sentence.