In 1994, the FBI arrested a top CIA officer for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union
The arrest of CIA officer Aldrich Ames in 1994 exposed the most damaging mole in American history, revealing a decade of betrayal that led to the deaths of numerous foreign assets.
FBI agents apprehended high-ranking CIA analyst Aldrich Ames on February 21, 1994, ending one of the most catastrophic security breaches in U.S. history. For nine years, Ames sold top-secret identities of Soviet sources to the KGB in exchange for millions of dollars.
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