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Circle of Treason - A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed (Paperback)
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Circle of Treason - A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed (Paperback)
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Loot Price R562
Discovery Miles 5 620
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While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of
Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key
members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole
Hunt." 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 mole, leading
to his arrest and conviction. One of the most destructive traitors
in American history, CIA officer Aldrich Ames provided information
to the Soviet Union that contributed to the deaths of at least ten
Soviet intelligence officers who spied for the United States. In
this book, the two CIA officers directly responsible for tracking
down Ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole.
Considering it their personal mission, Grimes and Vertefeuille
dedicated themselves to identifying the traitor responsible for the
execution or imprisonment of the Soviet agents with whom they
worked. Their efforts eventually led them to a long-time
acquaintance and coworker in the CIA's Soviet-East European
division and Counterintelligence Center, Aldrich Ames. 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. The book covers the
political aftermath of Ames's arrest, including the Congressional
wrath for not identifying him sooner, the FBI/CIA debriefings
following Ames's plea bargain, and a retrospective of Ames the
person and Ames the spy. It is also the compelling story of two
female agents, who overcame gender barriers and succeeded in
bringing Ames to justice in a historically male-oriented
organization. Now retired from the CIA, Grimes and Vertefeuille are
finally able to tell this inside story of the CIA's most notorious
traitor and the men he betrayed.
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