Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Moscow for almost a decade, dead at 84

Jan 7, 2026 - 06:00
Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Moscow for almost a decade, dead at 84
A close-up of former CIA Aldrich Ames, leaving a courthouse

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.