Aldrich Ames | |
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 Ames mug shot in February 1994 | |
| Born | Aldrich Hazen Ames May 26, 1941 River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Criminal charge | [1] (Espionage Act) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at FCI Terre Haute |
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| Children | 1 (with Maria) |
| Espionage activity | |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | |
| Agency | CIA |
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Aldrich Hazen Ames (/eɪmz/; born May 26, 1941)[2][3] is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana.[4][5] Ames was known to have compromised more highly classified CIA assets than any other officer until Robert Hanssen, who was arrested seven years later in 2001.
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- ^ "Aldrich Hazen Ames Register Number: 40087-083". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2014. (Search result)
- ^ "Aldrich Hazen Ames". FBI.