Aldrich Ames CIA Files & Government Reports
This collection contains 804 pages of material.
Aldrich Ames worked as an officer of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, tasked with intelligence matters relating to the Soviet Union. Ames' job responsibilities gave him access to the identities of some of the Soviet sources who had been recruited and operated by U.S. intelligence agencies. Ames’s Russian code name was KOLOKOL, Russian for bell.
During the 1980's, Ames identified to the Soviet KGB 25 CIA “human assets,” in return for $2.7 million. As many as 10 were executed. Ames was arrested in 1994, along with his wife Rosario Ames, who assisted in his espionage activities. Aldrich Ames was convicted of one count of espionage and sentenced to life in prison.
CIA Files
162 pages of CIA files, dating from 1994 to 2018, covering Ames after his discovery as one of America's greatest intelligence disasters.
United States Government Reports
636 pages, in 8 reports with information concerning the Ames case. The reports include:
An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and its Implications for U.S. Intelligence - Select Committee on Intelligence (1994)
Abstract: Part One of this Committee report presents in chronological order, a factual summary of the Ames case, beginning with the start of his career at CIA and ending with his arrest. Part Two of the report contains the Committee's conclusions and recommendations. They were agreed to by all members of the Committee.
Part 3, Appendices, includes: Internal CIA memo describing Ames's unexplained wealth (December 1990), Committee letter to CIA Inspector General requesting a review of the Ames case (February 1994), August 1994-Chairman DeConcini interview with Aldrich Ames, and a September 1994 statement of CIA Inspector General on the Ames investigation.
A Department of Defense Security Institute report giving an assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames espionage case and its implications for U.S. intelligence.
A Review of the FBI’s Performance in Uncovering the Espionage Activities of Aldrich Hazen Ames (April 1997)
Ames Tax Case - United States Tax Court (1999)
