美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-11

 NSA leaker Edward Snowden better watch his back or some say he could suffer the same fate as former CIA defector Edward Lee Howard. 

 

His usefulness might not last forever. 

 

Filmmaker Robert Stone has written an open letter to Snowden in "The Wall Street Journal," comparing Snowden's case to Edward Lee Howard's, the only CIA employee to defect to the Soviet¹ Union. 

 

In this video posted on YouTube, Howard's defection is described, as CNN has reported, Howard was trained as a spy to be stationed in Moscow and fully² briefed on Russian spies. But he was forced to resign after failing a lie detector³ test before ever being sent to the Soviet Union. Howard moved to New Mexico in 1983 and, expert s say, plotted his revenge.

 

He contacted the Soviet consulate⁴ in Washington and said, you know, I'm a CIA officer. I have secrets. I know what we do in Moscow. And I'm available. 

 

Howard eventually made it to Russia in 1986 and gets asylum⁵. The FBI says Howard's info to the Russians resulted in the execution of a scientist. When American producer Stone met Howard in 1993, he was living in a Russian home in the country side but wanted out. 

 

In 2002, Russia said the defector died in a mysterious drunken fall. 

 

He just died of falling down drunk downstairs. It didn't seem credible⁶ to me.

 

Former CIA officer Robert Baer agrees that CIA and FBI remain skeptical⁷ to this day. 

 

There is certainly suspicion inside the CIA and the FBI that Edward Lee Howard had his neck broken by the KGB. He was an alcoholic⁸. He was causing a lot of problems for the KGB. They had every reason to get rid of him. 

 

And perhaps as Stone puts it, Howard, quote, "was likely a casualty of the Cold War finally warming over. Ed's death resolved the problem to each country's satisfaction."

 

For now, Edward Snowden may look relaxed. But waht lies in his future? Former CIA analyst⁹ Robert Baer predicts a rocky road. 

 

They're gonna keep him under full control. He will not be able to leave the country without their permission. And I don't think they'll ever trust him. The Russians have never ever trusted a defector, ever. 

 

As for Stone, who sees a possible parallel to Snowden's future, the advice is simple. 

 

To Mr. Snowden, I'd say just, you know what, keep your entrepreneurial mind applied¹⁰ and don't cross your, the givers of your asylum. 

 

For OUTFRONT, Susan Candiotti, CNN, New York.

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

4 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

5 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

6 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

7 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

8 alcoholic   

adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者

参考例句：

• The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
• Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。

9 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

10 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。