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ICYMI: The Women Who Took Down An American Traitor — Aldrich Ames

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’

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
May 08, 2024
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***Originally published on January 14, 2023 as ‘Dead Drops’ — a reminder that the United States has the ability to appropriately punish traitors and spies.***

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 th…

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