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My Take
Aldrich Ames is a name that makes my skin crawl. Born in River Falls, Wisconsin, educated at George Washington University, he sat at the heart of American counterintelligence as a CIA officer, and then sold his country to the Soviet Union and Russia as a double agent. The cruelty is in the consequences, the agents he exposed who were arrested and even executed because of what he traded away. He died in 2026, and I regard him as a tragedy rather than a villain alone. A man at the core of trust converted that trust into cash, and his intelligence became the instrument of his ruin. It is a name worth remembering as a warning.
Overview
Aldrich Hazen Ames (; May 26, 1941 – January 5, 2026) was an American counterintelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. Ames was responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the United States intelligence community.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aldrich Ames
- Name (Japanese)
- オルドリッチ・エイムズ
- Reading
- おるどりっち・えいむず
- Born
- May 26, 1941 (age 85)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- River Falls, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- spy / government agent / double agent
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- McLean High School
- University
- George Washington University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.