FROM THE ARCHIVES - ‘Too Much Blood’ - The Women Who Took Down An American Traitor

CIA officer Aldrich Ames took millions from the Russians — selling out our most important informants — before a pair of savvy women revealed his ‘Circle of Treason’

***Originally published on January 14, 2023 as ‘Dead Drops’.***

When Ames was brought in after the arrest, Jeanne Vertefeuille said other agents shook his hand but she refused. “There was too much blood on it.”

Ames is spending his life in prison. I wonder if the ghost of General Polyakov visits him in his sleep like Jacob Marley in chains.

‘Too Much Bloo…