Aldrich Ames
| Aldrich Ames | |
|---|---|
 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) Allegany County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Charge(s) | (Espionage Act) |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (without parole) |
| Status | Dead |
| Occupation | former CIA analyst and officer, KGB agent |
| Spouse | Nancy Segebarth (div.) Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy |
| Parents | Carleton Cecil Ames Rachel Aldrich Ames |
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]
Aldrich Ames Media
Ames's portrait in the 1958 McLean High School yearbook
Replacement of the mailbox used by Ames; a horizontal chalk mark above the USPS logo at 37th and R Streets, Washington, D.C., was a signal that a meeting with the Soviets was needed. The original mailbox is now housed in the International Spy Museum.
FBI photo of the mailbox featuring the horizontal chalk mark placed by Ames on October 13, 1993, to arrange a meeting with his Russian intelligence handlers.
The CIA mole hunt team, c. 1990. Left to right: Sandy Grimes, Paul Redmond, Jeanne Vertefeuille, Diana Worthen, and Dan Payne.
References
- ↑ Aldrich Hazen AmesFBI.
- ↑ Aldrich Hazen Ames Register Number: 40087-083Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 2014-01-03. (Search result)
- ↑ Pincus, Walter. Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84. The Washington Post (January 6, 2026). Retrieved January 6, 2026.
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