Key Highlights
- Aldrich Ames died at 84 while serving a life sentence in a Maryland prison.
- He was a CIA case officer who spied for the Soviet Union from 1985 until his arrest in 1994.
- Ames was paid approximately $2.5 million for U. S. secrets.
- His espionage led to the exposure of multiple U. S. intelligence assets, some of whom were executed.
- He was a CIA veteran with 31 years of service before his betrayal.
