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- Aldrich Ames, American official of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who was entrusted with discovering Soviet spies and who himself became one of the most successful double agents for the Soviet Union and Russia. Arrested in 1994, he was convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison.
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Aldrich Hazen Ames ( / eɪmz /; born June 26, 1941) is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Aldrich Ames (born May 26, 1941, River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.) was an American official of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who was entrusted with discovering Soviet spies and who himself became one of the most successful double agents for the Soviet Union and Russia.
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Ames was a CIA case officer, who spoke Russian and specialized in the Russian intelligence services, including the KGB, the USSR’s foreign intelligence service. His initial overseas assignment ...
Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former CIA officer, who had an over three decade long career with the ‘Central Intelligence Agency’ (CIA) of America, and convicted of espionage against his own country in 1994. As a counterintelligence officer and analyst, he was assigned by the ‘Central Intelligence Agency’ to detect spies of the Soviet Union.
Jun 1, 2023 · Aldrich Ames, The Notorious Double Agent Who Sold CIA Secrets To The U.S.S.R. By Lisa Hornung | Edited By Kaleena Fraga. Published June 1, 2023. Updated June 2, 2023. CIA agent Aldrich Ames started working for the Soviet Union in 1985, eventually exposing the names of every Soviet intelligence or military official working for the United States.
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Feb 17, 2024 · 3 months ago. 2:27. In February 1994, Aldrich Ames, a veteran Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested and charged with spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. Here's a look at what CBC...
Jul 28, 1994 · On a night in Rome in October 1986, Aldrich H. Ames of the Central Intelligence Agency knocked back a stiff drink, pulled a baseball cap low over his face and went to meet his case officer from...
