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. Recognizing controlquestion, employing unusual breathing patterns, biting onestongue at the right time, pressing ones toes hard to thefloor, and counting backwards by 7 are. Aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american secretsto a foreign power. Amess story is dramatized in the 1998 movie aldrich ames. 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. His story was the topic of the 1998 film aldrich ames. Ames was a cia case officer specializing in russian intelligence services, including the kgb. A landmark collaboration between a thirtyyear veteran of the cia and a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, the main enemy is the inside story of the ciakgb spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. Nov 07, 20 aldrich hazen ames the united states of america, however powerful they may be, has a long list of traitors in its rich history. Aldrich ames cia spy this replacement mailbox is ident. He used his work computer to electronically download onto floppy disks cia. Jan 24, 2001 kalugin was a soviet spy in washington the youngest major general in kgb history. 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. Kalugin was a soviet spy in washington the youngest major general in kgb history.
Ames had spied for the soviets for over 9 years in return for 2. The sword and the shield audiobook by christopher andrew. The assets, a miniseries about aldrich ames on abc the. Vertefeuille was part of the small team who toiled for eight years to reveal aldrich ames for what he truly was. By controlling the cias putative agents, the east german ministry for. Feb 23, 2015 in february 1994, cia officer aldrich ames was arrested for spying for the russians. 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.
The video only goes to 720p when it advertises 1080p in the display but theres no 1080p option available. 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 was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Bbc world service witness history, aldrich ames cia traitor. 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 traitor within, 1998, directed by john mackenzie, with timothy hutton, elizabeth pena, joan plowright, at turner classic movies. Aldrich ames the highest aid s y in american history b. In 1998, ames story was dramatized in the tv movie aldrich ames. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. 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.
Back home, the cia team that had unmasked ames welcomed me with exclusive access. Traitor within tells the tale of the cias most infamous mole who was arrested in 1994 after causing inestimable damage to national security. This tragedy underscored the risks of running double agents in a new kind of spy war. After they booted me out, i flew to moscow where a kgb general took me to a safe house to discuss his favorite american traitor. Cast includes timothy hutton, joan plowright, eugene lipinski, elizabeth pena. An obvious small screen product showtime, the film does a good job of showing the pressures on ames. Under a plea agreement, maria rosario ames was sentenced to sixtythree months in prison. Although the focus is on soviet spycraft, cherkashins storyespecially the recruitment and handling of americans aldrich ames and robert hanssenis interlaced with details about u. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the federal correctional institution in terre haute, indiana, united states. A mildmannered, unimpressivelooking middle manager with a droll sense of humor and a love of shakespeare, ames. Aldrich hazen rick ames was born in river falls, wisconsin on may 26, 1941.
All of which makes his excellent lead performance in the factbased madeforcable drama aldrich ames. Convicted of treason, george blake escapes from prison and remains a fugitive. On top of that, he did it against perhaps the worlds best intelligence agency. Ames story is dramatized in the 1998 movie aldrich ames. Aldrich and rosario ames were arrested on february 21, 1994, and charged with espionage. Edwin wilson illegally sold explosives to a libyan dictator. This can be seen by the way that the kgb reacted to the aldrich ames betrayal of cia assets within the kgb. Members of the house intelligence committee discussed the findings of the committees report concerning the central intelligence agencys cia handling of the case of aldrich ames, a spy within. Cia traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed ebook written by sandra v. Aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks of the agency. 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. 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. With timothy hutton, joan plowright, elizabeth pena, c.
The cia spent years looking for another explanation for the leaksin particular the possibility that the kgb had bugged. This biography of ames profiles his childhood, life, cia and espionage career, activities and timeline. The ames espionage case, called a calamity by the senate intelligence committee, remains one of the most remarkable cases of doubledealing in the history of the united states. What were going to show you is buildings and monuments, major. Born in new haven, connecticut on december 23, 1932, she earned a bachelors degree in history from the university of connecticut.
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Thanks to the media hype, aldrich ames became a household name in the us during the 1990s. Yet ames took routine lie detector tests andeach time passed them. 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. If anyone could be considered a russian counterpart to the infamous british doubleagent kim philby, it was oleg gordievsky. This biography of ames profiles his childhood, life, cia. What were going to show you is buildings and monuments, major says as the bus pulls away from the grand. The assets, a miniseries about aldrich ames on abc. Based on hundreds of interviews with operatives from both sides, the main enemy puts us inside the heads of cia officers as they dodge surveillance and walk into violent. And the even sadder news about it is that most are caught too late.
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Ames is one of the first people to break a polygraph, and he did it more than once. Feb 02, 2012 aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american secrets to a foreign power. I got into jail and met facetoface with aldrich ames all alone before the cia and fbi knew what was happening. Ill reput, slightly more neatly, to encourage you to be neat, the point that i was making, which was. Ames was formerly a 31year cia counterintelligence officer who committed. Timothy hutton, joan plowright, eugene lipinski, elizabeth pena. 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. Aldrich ames biography childhood, life achievements.
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