Aldrich Ames, the former CIA spy turned Russian asset, died in a federal prison in Maryland, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. | 6abc Action News

Aldrich Ames Dead at 84: CIA’s Most Dangerous Double Agent Who Sold U.S. Secrets to the Soviets Aldrich Ames, one of the most damaging spies in U.S. intelligence history, has died at age 84 while serving a life sentence in federal prison. A former CIA counterintelligence officer, Ames secretly sold classified American secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia, exposing more than 30 Western agents and leading to multiple executions. His betrayal, driven by greed and debt, remains one of the da

63K views · 423 reactions | Aldrich Ames, the former CIA agent turned Russian asset, died in a federal prison in Maryland, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 84. Ames was the chief of the intelligence division at the CIA and had access to some of the nation's most damaging secrets. ABC News' Christiane Cordero reports. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/vsS23t | ABC News | Facebook