Aldrich Ames, the CIA spy, passes away at 84 while serving a life sentence in federal prison.
Aldrich Ames, a former CIA officer infamous for betraying U.S. intelligence by spying for the Soviet Union and later for Russia, has passed away at 84. He died on Monday, as reported on the Bureau of Prisons website. Ames was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Facility in Cumberland, Maryland, serving a life sentence. The FBI […]
Aldrich Ames, who betrayed the CIA by passing US secrets to the Soviets, has died at 84.
Aldrich Ames, the former CIA officer who notoriously betrayed Western intelligence to the Soviet Union and Russia, passed away in a Maryland prison. He was 84 years old. A spokesperson from the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Ames’s death occurred on Monday. With 31 years of service at the CIA under his belt, Ames confessed to […]
A CIA Officer Named Aldrich Ames Who Became America’s Most Notorious Double Agent
Aldrich Ames: A Betrayal from Within It all started quietly. One by one, CIA assets operating deep in the Soviet Union vanished. Some disappeared completely, while others simply died. A quiet panic settled in Washington as, for years, no one could figure out how America’s most sensitive secrets were being compromised. Thousands of kilometers away, […]