Moscow. Money. Mailboxes. Aldrich Ames was a CIA case officer for over three decades, but his legacy would be shaped by his work for the KGB. For nine years Ames sold secrets to the Soviet Union, giving up over 100 operations and the identities of Soviets spying for the United States. Why would Ames give this information to the KGB? How did the CIA find out Ames was selling American secrets? How did the search for and discovery of a traitor in their midst affect his former colleagues and co-workers?
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia and International Spy Museum Director of Adult Education Amanda Ohlke for a conversation into the life of one of the most damaging spies in American history.
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