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Catching a Russian Spy is the story of the FBI''s investigation of Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who turned Russian spy, and the agent who helped bring him to justice.
Aldrich H. Rick Ames was a 31-year veteran of the CIA. He was also a Russian spy. By the time Ames was arrested in 1994, he had betrayed the identities of dozens and caused the deaths of ten agents. The notorious KGB (and later the Russian intelligence service, SVR) paid him millions of dollars.

Agent Leslie G. Les Wiser, Jr. ran the FBI''s Nightmover investigation tasked with uncovering a mole in the CIA. The team worked night and day to collect evidencesneaking into Ames'' home, hiding a homing beacon in his Jaguar, and installing a video camera above his desk. But the spy kept one step ahead, even after agents followed him to Bogota, Colombia. In a crazy twist, the FBI would score its biggest clue from inside Ames'' garbage can.

At the time of his arrest on February 21, 1994, he had compr

FBI Files Catching a Russian Spy

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 21 January 2020
      ISBN-13 9781250199171
      978-1250199171
      ISBN-10 1250199174

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Catching a Russian Spy is the story of the FBI''s investigation of Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who turned Russian spy, and the agent who helped bring him to justice.
      Aldrich H. Rick Ames was a 31-year veteran of the CIA. He was also a Russian spy. By the time Ames was arrested in 1994, he had betrayed the identities of dozens and caused the deaths of ten agents. The notorious KGB (and later the Russian intelligence service, SVR) paid him millions of dollars.

      Agent Leslie G. Les Wiser, Jr. ran the FBI''s Nightmover investigation tasked with uncovering a mole in the CIA. The team worked night and day to collect evidencesneaking into Ames'' home, hiding a homing beacon in his Jaguar, and installing a video camera above his desk. But the spy kept one step ahead, even after agents followed him to Bogota, Colombia. In a crazy twist, the FBI would score its biggest clue from inside Ames'' garbage can.

      At the time of his arrest on February 21, 1994, he had compr

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