page_title: Aldrich Ames
hierarchical_section_title: Aldrich Ames
caption_attribution_description: English: Aldrich Hazen Ames; former CIA officer convicted of espionage
context_page_description: Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency 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.
  Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence analyst who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
context_section_description: 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. 
  Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence analyst who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
caption: Ames's mug shot, taken on the day of his arrest
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