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Today in True Crime

Feb 21, 1994: Aldrich Ames Arrested

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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After years of suspecting a spy, the FBI arrested CIA agent Aldrich Ames and charged him with multiple counts of espionage and tax fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is Sunday, February 21st, 2021.

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On this day in 1994, a CIA agent named Aldrich Ames was arrested for espionage on behalf of Russia.

0:48.3

Ames was proof that nerves about Russian interference were warranted, but he wasn't doing it for reasons people thought.

1:00.2

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Today we're covering the arrest

1:08.6

of Aldrich H. Ames and his wife Rosario.

1:12.7

Ames was a well-respected CIA agent for over 30 years, but in the early 90s, he was discovered

1:19.2

to have been working as a spy for the Russians and arrested for conspiracy to commit espionage

1:25.3

and tax evasion.

1:33.7

Now, let's go back to Arlington, Virginia, the morning of February 21, 1994.

1:48.0

If there was any morning for Aldrich H. Ames to be late for work, it seemed this one was perfect. The weather was warmer than usual for February, a high of 68 expected for the day.

1:54.0

The winter snow had all but cleared, and the Potomac River was starting to show signs of spring.

2:00.0

Aldrich decided to get some

2:02.3

fresh air and take a walk before reporting to CIA headquarters for the day. He and his wife

2:08.8

lived in an idyllic, upper-class neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, and had resided there for some

2:14.7

years. To their neighbors, Aldrich and his wife were just another

2:18.8

wealthy couple on the street. They had no idea Aldrich hid a dark secret, that he was working

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