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About Robert Eringer
- Robert Eringer, born October 5, 1954, is an author, investigative journalist and private-sector counterintelligence operative.
- Salon magazine described Eringer as an "obscure journalist" with ties to Clair George, the former Deputy Director of Operations of the CIA.
- Eringer freelanced for the FBI's Foreign Counter-Intelligence Division to assist with the apprehension of Edward Lee Howard, an ex-CIA officer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985.
- In this ruse, Eringer commissioned Howard to write the Spy's Guide to Central Europe.
- Eringer describes his assignments for the FBI, which also included keeping tabs on Ira Einhorn, in his book Ruse: Undercover with FBI Counterintelligence (2008).
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