Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Hazen Ames (; 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. 

He was convicted of espionage in 1994. He was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the time of his death. (Search result) 

Ames died on January 5, 2026 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland at the age of 84.

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