CIA legend E. In his 2007 book, discussions with his son, and a tape recording, Hunt outlined his 'benchwarmer' role in a CIA plot to kill JFK.Someone would have talked, so the saying goes. But people did talk about their involvement in the JFK assassination-some did so publicly, and some only to intimate associates. So, were at least some of them telling the truth?- CIA master spy and Watergate participant E.

• E Howard Hunt Books

E Howard Hunt Books

Mar 28, 2007  The Last Confessions of E Howard Hunt Rolling Stone Magazine ^ April 2nd 2007. Howard was lucid when he made his confession. He was taking no serious medications, and he and his son were finally on good terms. If anything, St. John believes, his father was holding out on him, the old spy keeping a few secrets in reserve, just in case.