During the Cold War, Aldrich Ames, one of the most senior officers in the CIA’s Soviet Counterintelligence agency, was working as a double agent for the Soviet Union. You will be alarmed, you will be informed. (Prices may vary for AK and HI.). Please try again. Oprah’s Book Club Mystery of Aldrich Ames. Please try again. Possibly, it could have been nepotism: his father had performed minor covert operations for the CIA in Burma. Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019. There's a problem loading this menu right now. There was a problem loading your book clubs. This is a very gripping story. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Hard to put down in that it reads like fiction, but it's real and unbelievable. Top leaders & scholars, including Jimmy Carter, Secretary General of UN & Dir. Neither book is as engaging as another "American spy"/counterintelligence non-fiction book--David Wise's The Spy Who Got Away, in which Wise recounts the story of Edward Lee Howard, the former CIA officer who bec A readable account of the Ames espionage case. Confessions of a spy : the real story of Aldrich Ames. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. Aldrich Hazen Ames (/ eɪ m z /; born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB secret spy. Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2015. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014. This is the 2nd book I have read about A. Ames ( Also saw a movie dealing with how he was unmasked) & if you put the 2 books together a full picture emerges of a spy that should have been found out years before, when he gave the KGB the names of those Russians spying for the USA ( See "The Billion Dollar Spy"). In 1952 Carleton Ames began working for CIA's Directorate of Operations in Virginia, and in 1953 he was posted to Southeast Asia for three years accompanied by his family. Sad but informative. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The book also covers the aftermath of Aldrich Ames arrest: the Congressional wrath on CIA for not identifying him sooner; FBI/CIA debriefings of Ames following his plea bargain; a retrospective of Ames the person and Ames the spy; and a comparison of Ames and FBI special agent and Soviet spy Robert Hanssen, arrested in February 2001 and sentenced to life in prison for spying … He betrayed the identities of the United States’ top agents. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks of the agency. Directed by Jeff T. Thomas. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for U.S. Intelligence, November 1, 1994. Search. No one is better qualified to discuss the threat to this nation from communism. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. It's lean style, respect for relevancy, and use of on-the-record sources make it the most credible study of Aldrich Ames and an enjoyable read years after its release. A good study on a strange man. To me Ames' wife Rosario paints herself as a victim while previously enjoying the high-living lifestyle her husband's treachery made possible. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. The minutiae of the hunt, the capture, the arrest and prosecution of this despicable mole grabs the reader’s attention rather than the thrill of the Soviet’s hunt and then the Brits’ exfiltration described in McIntyre’s book. Sellout : Aldrich Ames and the corruption of the CIA. This is a good story extremely well told. Aldrich Ames was inducted into "Career Trainee Program" of the CIA. 364 pages. Macintyre’s dramatic retelling of their stories comes not only from Western sources (including Gordievsky himself, who is now 82 and living under witness protection in the UK) but also from the Russian perspective. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2014. makes you want to scream out loud, how did nobody notice he was a spy, received his just desserts. The author of The Invisible Government (1974), an authoritative study of the CIA, investigates the spy who almost put us out in the cold. Sold by tekin77380 and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Career. Nightmover: how Aldrich Ames sold the CIA to the KGB for $4. Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the … Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base. I hope both agencies have learned better how to look for and spot spies and similar security risks. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. that blew the cover the Soviets worked so Ames lived an The failure to find Aldrich Ames until nine years after opulent lifestyle that exposed the cover the Soviets worked his initial treason will go down in history as one of the Ames, Aldrich 9 biggest American intelligence blunders of the Cold War. Arrested with him was his wife, Rosario Ames, who had aided and abetted his espionage activities. Fact-based story about a 1990s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in U.S. history. Books on LibraryThing tagged Aldrich Ames. Learn more about the program. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. I have recommended this book to many and all responded with WTF!!!!! Unable to add item to List. Two members of the CIA mole-hunt team, Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille, wrote a book about the experience. I grew weary of hearing Ames impress himself with his post-arrest comments. He was indirectly responsible for the deaths of many people. Not only is this the first book to be written by the CIA principals involved, but it is also the first to provide details of the operational contact with the agents Ames betrayed. Circle of Treason: CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed (English Edition) eBook: Grimes, Sandra V., Vertefeuille, Jeanne: Amazon.com.mx: Tienda Kindle Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. ... a KGB officer who became a double agent for the British, and infamous American traitor Aldrich Ames, a former CIA officer who is thought to have betrayed him. This book provides another in-depth example of that. Tim Weiner’s 1995 book “Betrayal” can be described as a prequel to Ben McIntyre’s “The Spy And The Traitor” (2018) in that Weiner’s book deals with Aldridge Ames, the American traitor, who outed the Russian KGB spy whose escape from the Soviet Union is thrillingly detailed by McIntyre in his more recent book. It's official! A sad but true fact around espionage environment. Nightmover: how Aldrich Ames sold the CIA to the KGB for $4. Greed is always there to raise its ugly head as Ames admits he betrayed America for the money. The Wisconsin-born son of a history professor-turned-CIA-agent, Ames, depicted here as a slovenly, procrastinating, inept, mediocre, alcoholic bureaucrat, rose to become counterintelligence chief of the CIA's Soviet division. The agency was so slow to act, the authors suggest, because its leadership was more concerned with institutional self-preservation than with doing its job properly. This is not a Hollywood movie or a fairy-tale, quite the opposite, this book is about the real stuff. Something went wrong. By way of rare and invaluable interviews, Pete Earley has formulated the most accurate and detailed summary of the events that led to Ames's arrest. $27.50. Index. Circle of Treason: CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed - Ebook written by Sandra V. Grimes, Jeanne Vertefeuille. He apparently thinks his doublespeak of accepting responsibility then blame his actions on everyone and everything will gain him sympathy from the masses. Apparently this book by Pete Earley is the best of those written on Aldrich Ames because he had access to Ames while in prison, spoke to Ames' handlers, and the family members of the Russians who were executed due to Ames exposing their working for the United States. Aldrich Ames, American official of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who was entrusted with discovering Soviet spies and who himself became one of the most successful double agents for the Soviet Union and Russia. Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American... Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City. It did that to get MORE MONEY. Please try again. Aldrich Ames may not have been the Central Intelligence Agency’s first choice as a spy. Aldrich Ames may not have been the Central Intelligence Agency’s first choice as a spy. Its ok but jumps about something rotten. I wanted more background to enjoy it. 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