Ed Howard's life finally terminally collided with the dark side. Well maybe. He's the spy that moved to Russia to avoid jail. Low-level beaur'crat in the CIA with money problems and access to info. Fell down some stairs, so they say. Age 50. He was probably living on the dark side and it's entirely credible, but one should also consider that he might be getting homesick and dying is a pretty good way of getting your picture finally taken down from the wanted list.