Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames | |
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 Ames's mug shot, taken on the day of his arrest | |
| Born | Aldrich Hazen Ames May 26, 1941 River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 2026 (aged 84) |
| Occupation(s) | former CIA analyst and officer, KGB agent |
| Criminal status | Dead |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Segebarth (div.) Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy |
| Parent(s) | Carleton Cecil Ames Rachel Aldrich Ames |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Criminal charge | (Espionage Act) |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (without parole) |
Aldrich Hazen Ames (/eɪmz/; May 26, 1941 – January 5, 2026) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and double agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia.
He began his career in 1962, working in counterintelligence. In 1985, he started spying for the KGB, and gave away secrets like the names of Soviet double agents working for the CIA.[1]
He was convicted of espionage in 1994. He was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the time of his death.[2]
Ames died on January 5, 2026 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland at the age of 84.[3]
References
- ↑ "Aldrich Hazen Ames". FBI.
- ↑ "Aldrich Hazen Ames Register Number: 40087-083". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-01-03. (Search result)
- ↑ Pincus, Walter (January 6, 2026). "Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2026.