Aldrich Ames, Aldrich Ames Was the Oldest of Three Children and the Only Son
103D CONGRESS P . S. PiR. 2d Session COMMITTEE PRIN 103-90 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ALDRICH H. AMES ESPIONAGE CASE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE REPORT PREPARED BY THE STAFF OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION NOVEMBER 1, 1994 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 84-046 .WASHINGTON : 1994 SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia, Vice Chairman HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio ALFONSE M. DAMATO, New York JOHN GLENN, Ohio JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri J. ROBERT KERREY, Nebraska SLADE GORTON, Washington RICHARD H. BRYAN, Nevada JOHN H. C-AFEE, Rhode Island BOB GRAHAM, Florida TED STEVENS, Alaska JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana MAX BAUCUS, Montana MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, LouisianaN GEORGE J. MITCHELL, Maine, Ex Officio BOB DOLE, Kansas, Ex Officio NoRmArJ K. BRADLEY, Jr., Staff Director JuDiTH A. ANsLEY, Minority Staff Director L. BRITT SNIDER, General Counsel KATHLEEN P. McGHEE, Chief Clerk PREFACE On the morning of February 21, 1994, the Select Committee on Intelligence was advised by the FBI of the impending arrests of CIA employee, Aldrich Hazen Ames, and his wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Ames, on charges stemming from espionage activi- ties allegedly undertaken since 1985. While the extent of these ac- tivities was uncertain at that time, it was clear that Ames, an em- ployee of the CIA's Directorate of Operations for 31 years, was in a position to have done grievous harm. The Committee, like most Americans, was eager to know pre- cisely what Ames had done and how these espionage activities had escaped detection for nine years.
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