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Aldrich Ames
CIA analyst and Soviet spy (born 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aldrich Hazen Ames (/eɪmz/; born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB secret spy. He was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.[1]
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Born | Aldrich Hazen Ames (1941-05-26) May 26, 1941 (age 83) River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | former CIA analyst and officer, KGB agent |
Criminal status | Incarcerated |
Spouse(s) | Nancy Segebarth (div.) Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy |
Parent(s) | Carleton Cecil Ames Rachel Aldrich Ames |
Criminal charge | Template:Uscsub (Espionage Act) |
Penalty | Life imprisonment (without parole) |
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Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence analyst who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.[2]