Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames | |
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 Ames's mug shot, taken on the day of his arrest | |
| Born | Aldrich Hazen Ames May 26, 1941 River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | former CIA analyst and officer, KGB agent |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Segebarth (div.) Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy |
| Parent(s) | Carleton Cecil Ames Rachel Aldrich Ames |
| Criminal charge | (Espionage Act) |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (without parole) |
Aldrich Hazen Ames (/eɪmz/; born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and double agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia.
He began his career in 1962, working in counterintelligence. In 1985, he started spying for the KGB, and gave away secrets like the names of Soviet double agents working for the CIA.[1]
He was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Aldrich Hazen Ames". FBI.
- ↑ "Aldrich Hazen Ames Register Number: 40087-083". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-01-03. (Search result)
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