What happened Oleg Gordievsky?
Once he arrived safely in the UK, his MI6 codename was changed to OVATION. Soviet authorities subsequently sentenced Gordievsky to death in absentia for treason, a sentence never rescinded by post-Soviet Russian authorities, but which cannot be legally carried out because of Russian membership in the Council of Europe.
Where is Paul Ames today?
He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence officer who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Is there a movie about Oleg Gordievsky?
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Who caught Aldrich Ames?
the FBI
Aldrich Hazen Ames was arrested by the FBI in Arlington, Virginia on espionage charges on February 21, 1994. At the time of his arrest, Ames was a 31-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who had been spying for the Russians since 1985.
Is the spy and the traitor a true story?
The Spy and the Traitor by British journalist Ben MacIntyre is a true story which reads like a thriller. It’s the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who became a double agent and worked for Britain’s CIA equivalent, MI6.
What really happened to Aldrich Ames?
With the arrest of Aldrich Ames in 1994, it seemed that the mole hunters had found their quarry. When he began spying for the Russians almost a decade earlier, Ames was chief of the CIA’s Soviet counterintelligence branch, entrusted with secrets that would be of incalculable value to the KGB. He was about to be married, and his debts were mounting.
Is it possible that Aldrich Ames is related to the KGB?
Impossible. His father, Leonid Poleshchuk, was a senior KGB counterintelligence officer, most recently the deputy rezident for counterintelligence in Lagos, Nigeria. In 1993, the FBI found this note by Aldrich Ames concerning a meeting with his KGB contact in Bogota, Columbia, in the trash.
Who is David Ames?
When he began spying for the Russians almost a decade earlier, Ames was chief of the CIA’s Soviet counterintelligence branch, entrusted with secrets that would be of incalculable value to the KGB. He was about to be married, and his debts were mounting.
Why is there a discrepancy between Ames’ timeline and Gordievsky’s exposure?
So the discrepancy between Ames’ timeline and the exposure of Gordievsky, Bokhan and Poleshchuk remains unexplained. In July 1994, Leslie Wiser, the FBI agent who unmasked Ames, flew to London to interview Gordievsky.