E. Howard Hunt

Biography

E. Howard Hunt was a veteran intelligence officer and author who served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency from 1949 to 1970. He was a key figure in US regime change in Latin America, including the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion. Hunt later worked as a member of President Nixon's "plumbers" unit, orchestrating break-ins at Watergate complex at Nixon's orders. He was imprisoned for his role in these activities before serving out his sentence.