Posted on 01/07/2026 4:40:30 AM PST by NautiNurse
Ames, a 31-year CIA veteran, admitted being paid $2.5 million by Moscow for US secrets from 1985 until his arrest in 1994.
WASHINGTON: CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in US history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Ames died Monday.
Ames, a 31-year CIA veteran, admitted being paid $2.5 million by Moscow for US secrets from 1985 until his arrest in 1994. His disclosures included the identities of 10 Russian officials and one Eastern European who were spying for the United States or Great Britain, along with spy satellite operations, eavesdropping and general spy procedures. His betrayals are blamed for the executions of Western agents working behind the Iron Curtain and were a major setback to the CIA during the Cold War.
He pleaded guilty without a trial to espionage and tax evasion and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors said he deprived the United States of valuable intelligence material for years.
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Ames’s wife, Rosario, pleaded guilty to lesser espionage charges of assisting his spying and was sentenced to 63 months in prison.
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Yesssss.
So he’s now a good Communist.
It takes a special type of worm to do what he did. He and John Walker are two of my least favorite people.
“CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames”. Oxymoron. He just didn’t share the loot.
Died of old age in prison. Should have died at the end of a rope at a younger age. US taxpayer screwed again.
He went to prison, yet, many in government, including Congress, have given far more secrets to our enemies.
I believe the Feds need and open and on-going investigation for each member of the Senate. Let them do some explaining how they get so rich.
Now do the Hillary Clinton email server.
I am sure the CIA worked very hard to make sure that he did not go to trial.
They the wanted Ames scandal to go away as quickly as possible.
A spy agency allowing a spy in their midst for nearly a decade is embarrassing.
Ames is room temp.
Make that worm temperature.
No kidding! That criminal went around the world selling secrets!
Ames and Robert Hanssen were the last two Soviet double-agents who really undermined faith in US security institutions. I remember at the time both were caught. You cannot overstate how severe a blow it was - it made everyone think that the CIA and FBI were a bunch of clowns who couldn’t get anything right.
You left out Edward Lee Howard!
Now today instead of everyone THINKING the CIA and FBI were a bunch of clowns who couldn’t get anything right, we ALL KNOW they ARE a bunch of clowns who can’t get ANYTHING right!!! BOTH of these organizations need to be ripped up by the roots and started over from the ground up!!!
Idiot. His CIA pension, etc., was worth a lot more than $2 million most likely.
Idiot. His CIA pension, etc., was worth a lot more than $2 million most likely.
It did go to trial.
It was cut and dried he pled guilty and was sentenced.
Not everything is a TV show.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aldrich-ames-dies-age-84-russia-spy/
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