Aldrich Ames

Profession: Soviet Union Spy

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Biography: Aldrich Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, best known as a KGB double agent. He was convicted of espionage in 1994 and is currently serving a life sentence.

Ames treasonous activities were for a time deemed the most significant, compromising a vast number of classified CIA assets, until the arrest of Robert Hanssen in 2001.

His espionage activities for the Soviet Union began in 1985, when he initially provided a small bundle of information intending this to be a one-time affair in return for financial. This snowballed, however, now that the Soviets had control of him.

Ames ultimately ended up handing over the names of a large number of moles in the Soviet system, including Gennady Varenik and Dmitri Polyakov.

Born: May 16, 1941
Birthplace: River Falls, Wisconsin, United States
Age: 82 years old

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Taurus