West germany in the late 1980s, it was revealed that in 1988, ames also betrayed a. In fact she led the team that unmasked the most damaging mole in the history of the cia. In a brutally frank account of cia traitor aldrich ames s career, grimes, a 26year veteran of the cias clandestine service, and vertefeuille, a longtime cia counterintelligence officer, pull back the curtain on the hunt for an american who spent years working for the kgb without being discovered. Traitor within timothy hutton joan plowright elizabeth pena 1998 when a cia bureaucrat timothy hutton and his wife elizabeth pena amass huge debts, he decides to sell information to the kgb. Jan 01, 2012 circle of treason circle of treason details the authors personal involvement in the hunt for and eventual identification of a soviet mole in the cia during the 1980s and 1990s. Germany year 90 nine zero full movie download free. Aldrich ames was born on march 26, 1941 in river falls, wisconsin, usa as aldrich hazen ames. In a brutally frank account of cia traitor aldrich amess career, grimes, a 26year veteran of the cias clandestine service, and vertefeuille, a longtime cia counterintelligence officer, pull back t. Under a plea agreement, maria rosario ames was sentenced to sixtythree months in prison.
Ames was a cia case officer specializing in russian intelligence services, including the kgb. It was the mid1980s, and the cias senior counterintelligence officer in the soviet division had also grown disillusioned with his employer and the. Now ames tale has been recounted in four new books. With timothy hutton, joan plowright, elizabeth pena, c. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. To view this video download flash player videos 360 view images aldrich ames. Aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american secrets to a foreign power. If anyone could be considered a russian counterpart to the infamous british doubleagent kim philby, it was oleg gordievsky. Timothy hutton, joan plowright, eugene lipinski, elizabeth pena. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks of the agency. The celebrated author ofa spy among friendsandrogue heroesreturns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling cold warera tale of oleg gordievsky, the russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the soviet union. From military affairs correspondent jamie mcintyre. He is far enough up the food chain to get the kind of security clearance and information the kgb will pay a lot of money for, and he thinks hes smart enough to play both sides of.
Its the mid 80s, and aldrich ames is a 20 year cia man, with a middlelevel job, an alcohol problem, a wife who likes to spend a lot of money, and a load of debt. Betrayal the story of aldrich ames, an american spy. It was the mid1980s, and the cias senior counterintelligence officer in the soviet division had also grown disillusioned with his employer and. While there have been other books about aldrich ames, circle of treason is the first account written by cia agents who were key members of the cia team that conducted the intense ames mole hunt. Rather than react calmly to ames disclosures, and perhaps seek to feed disinformation to its own traitors within, the kgb appears to have panicked they couldnt arrest, try, and execute the amesdisclosed traitors fast enough. The greatest espionage story of the cold war ben macintyre the celebrated author of a spy among friends and rogue heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling cold warera tale of oleg gordievsky, the russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the soviet union.
Aldrich ames had a bad marriage, was binge drinking and had begun an affair with rosario dupuy, an employee of the colombian embassy in mexico. Heres abcs bob cia director james faced an audience of congressman anxious to know why it took nine years to figure out that aldridge ames was working for the kgb. Free download from source, api support, millions of users. Counterintelligence and covert action by tim weiner, david johnston, and neil a. Aldrich ames the highest aid s y in american history b. Ames had spied for the soviets for over 9 years in return for 2.
Ames, was incorrect in early editions in a story about ames. Traitor within tv movie 1998 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. This can be seen by the way that the kgb reacted to the aldrich ames betrayal of cia assets within the kgb. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he. Aldrich ames cia spy this replacement mailbox is ident. Born in new haven, connecticut on december 23, 1932, she earned a bachelors degree in history from the university of connecticut in 1954, where she. To prevent them from fleeing the country, the couple were held without bail. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed by sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, two of the investigators who uncovered ames s espionage. Whereas, the westerners who spied for the soviets in europe were, when apprehended on gordievskys information, given fair trials, prison sentences. Until his arrest and conviction in 1994, aldrich ames tim hutton was chief of intelligence for the cias central soviet division. The cia knew that soviet and east german intelligence had funded. Rather than react calmly to ames disclosures, and perhaps seek to feed disinformation to its own traitors within, the kgb appears to have panicked they couldnt arrest, try, and execute the ames disclosed traitors fast enough.
Cia traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed ebook written by sandra v. Vertefeuille was part of the small team who toiled for eight years to reveal aldrich ames for what he truly was. The spy and the traitor ben macintyre the celebrated author of a spy among friends and rogue heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling cold warera tale of oleg gordievsky, the russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the soviet union. Traitor within 1998 when a cia bureaucrat timothy hutton and his wife elizabeth pena amass huge debts, he decides to sell information to the kgb. Even so, he was promoted to lead the counterintelligence branch of the cias central soviet division, and there, in 1983, he began calling for the files on every important cia operation involving soviet spies in every. So far as is known, ames compromised the secondlargest number of cia assetssecond only to those betrayed by robert hanssen while spending nine years working in cia counterintelligence, he declared an.
See more ideas about spy, lie detector test and lie detector. You may have noticed that i have yet to mention his name. However, cattle ranchers in this area have made a determined effort to exterminate wolves. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the highsecurity allenwood u. The search for the presumed traitor was necessitated by the loss of almost all of the cias large stable of soviet intelligence officers working for the united states. Graybeal sidney grimes sandy mabey john turner stansfield.
Traitor within 1998, panorama 1953 and cold war 1998. Feb 23, 2015 in february 1994, cia officer aldrich ames was arrested for spying for the russians. David johnson, eugene lipinski, robert benedetti, patricia. How aldrich ames betrayed the cia by selling secrets to the. Bbc world service witness history, aldrich ames cia traitor. Circle of treason circle of treason details the authors personal involvement in the hunt for and eventual identification of a soviet mole in the cia during the 1980s and 1990s. Ames divorced his wife and married rosario, who had. An obvious small screen product showtime, the film does a good job of showing the pressures on ames. On this day, april 28, 1994, aldrich ames, along with his wife, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit espionage and to evading taxes. Traitor within tells the tale of the cias most infamous mole who was arrested in 1994 after causing inestimable damage to national security.
Before 1918, approximately 60% of the wolves in the new mexico and arizona region were male, and 40% were female. In february 1994, cia officer aldrich ames was arrested for spying for the russians. Traitor within miscellaneous crew 1998 panorama self. David wise, the nations leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. He cost the united states most of its intelligence gathering operations against the soviet union. Aldrich hazen ames born may 26, 1941 is a former central intelligence agency counterintelligence officer and analyst, who in 1994 was convicted of spying for the soviet union and russia. Aldrich hazen ames the worst case of espionage in us.
Amess story is dramatized in the 1998 movie aldrich ames. The point that macintyre makes clearly is that philby and gordievskys nemesis, aldrich ames condemned many, many people to death by betraying agents operating from within the soviet union. Aldrich ames, according to this account by a team of new york times reporters, was an incompetent, officebound, alcoholic spy in the middle of an undistinguished career. She is a far cry from the spy hunters portrayed in movies. Amess espionage and the governments attempts to catch a spy. Born in new haven, connecticut on december 23, 1932, she earned a bachelors degree in history from the university of connecticut. Feb 24, 1994 heres abcs bob cia director james faced an audience of congressman anxious to know why it took nine years to figure out that aldridge ames was working for the kgb. Aldrich ames spy case is not an example of illegal. Aldrich ames spy case is not an example of illegal wiretaps or searches. Aldrich ames and the cia sandra grimes former directorate of operations officer. Ames was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Aldrich hazen rick ames was born in river falls, wisconsin on may 26, 1941, to carleton cecil ames and rachel aldrich ames. Jan 26, 2018 aldrich rick ames was desperate for money. Ames story is dramatized in the 1998 movie aldrich ames. Factbased story about a 1990s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in u. In fact, actually its a side issue markus wolf told us on film i dont know whether well use it. Lewis, one of the authors of betrayal, a book about confessed spy aldrich h. Ames was formerly a 31year central intelligence agency counterintelligence officer and analyst who committed espionage against his country by spying for the soviet. Spy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how fbi agent robert hanssen, code name grayday, spied for russia for twentytwo years in what has been called the worst intelligence disaster in u. This article is to head of the latest rw talking point that the aldrich ames spy case is an example of president clinton using illegal wireless wiretaps in the name of national security. Yet, ames took routine lie detector tests and each time passed them. Even so, he was promoted to lead the counterintelligence branch of the cias central soviet division, and there, in 1983, he began calling for the files on every important cia operation involving soviet spies in every corner. Biden and the tale of aldrich ames the american spectator.
Aldrich hazen rick ames was born in river falls, wisconsin on may 26, 1941. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed by sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, two of the investigators who uncovered ames espionage. But a closer look reveals startling similarities in the motivations greed and management reaction denial that plagued the subjects of our other stories. Sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the cia team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying ames as the mole, leading. Ames was included as a character in the 1997 frederick forsyth novel icon, in which several soviet agents recruited by the united states were betrayed by him. Ames s story is dramatized in the 1998 movie aldrich ames. Germany, tells us he has been invited to attend a three.
He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the federal correctional institution in terre haute, indiana, united states. More chilling than fiction, this taut drama chronicles the cias search to prove that one of its agents has succumbed to greed and is exchanging highly classified government secrets for money. This tragedy underscored the risks of running double agents in a new kind of spy war. Aldrich and rosario ames were arrested on february 21, 1994, and charged with espionage. Ames s professional and personal life prior to his espionage activities. In nineteen eightyfive, he began to sell american secrets to the soviets. Recognizing control questions, employing unusual breathing patterns, biting ones tongue at the right time, pressing ones toes hard to the floor, and counting backwards by 7 are countermeasures that are difficult to. Aldrich hazen ames the united states of america, however powerful they may be, has a long list of traitors in its rich history. Aldrich hazen rick ames is a former central intelligence agency cia officer turned kgb.
Aldrich ames was the oldest of three children and the only son. Aldrich hazen ames born may 26, 1941 is a former central intelligence agency counterintelligence officer and analyst, who, in 1994, was convicted of spying for the soviet union and russia. Vertefeuille applied to the cia after studying german and french at university. Aldrich hazen ames born may 26, 1941 is an american who was convicted of espionage against his country in 1994. Jeanne vertefeuille 23 december 1932 29 december 2012 was a cia officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions of aldrich ames, a notorious cold war spy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read circle of treason. We all know who he is, aldrich ames or rick as he is known to us. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks. Valerie wilson has a story to tell and a book to sell. How aldrich ames betrayed the cia by selling secrets to. Until the revelation of the extent of robert hanssens spying seven years later, ames compromised more cia assets than any known soviet mole in american history. He used his work computer to electronically download onto floppy disks cia. The mole threat was a chimera, at least until turncoat aldrich ames began. Ames was formerly a 31year cia counterintelligence officer who committed.
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