E. Howard Hunt

Howard Hunt
Hunt in September 1973
Born
Everette Howard Hunt Jr.

(1918-10-09)October 9, 1918
DiedJanuary 23, 2007(2007-01-23) (aged 88)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Criminal charge(s)Conspiracy, burglary, illegal wiretapping
Criminal penalty2.5 to 8 years
Paroled after 33 months
Spouse(s)Dorothy Wetzel (died 1972)
Laura Martin
Children4 (with Wetzel)
2 (with Martin)
Espionage activity
AllegianceUnited States
Service branchUnited States Navy
United States Army Air Forces
Office of Strategic Services
Central Intelligence Agency
White House Plumbers
Service years1940–1945 (Army)
1949–1970 (CIA)
Codename
  • Robert Dietrich
  • Gordon Davis
  • David St. John
  • Edward Warren
  • Edward J. Hamilton
  • Hugh W. Newstead
  • Eduardo
Operations1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
Brigade 2506
Watergate scandal

Everette Howard Hunt Jr. (October 9, 1918 – January 23, 2007) 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 Invasion in Cuba. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Frank Sturgis, and others, Hunt was one of the Nixon administration's so-called White House Plumbers, a team of operatives charged with identifying government leaks to outside parties.

Hunt and Liddy plotted the Watergate burglaries and other clandestine operations for the Nixon administration. In the Watergate scandal, Hunt was convicted of burglary, conspiracy, and wiretapping, and was sentenced to 33 months in prison. After his release, Hunt lived in Mexico and then Miami until his death in January 2007.