Aldrich Ames - The Ultimate Double Agent, Part 1/2: Selling Secrets | CIA
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Ames and the CIA - A Memoir
"He was kind of just a disaster, but inside the counterintelligence under the agency, I think he was very well liked," says Peter Bergen. "His hair was uncommed, and he walks out with his big old loafers,. His teeth were yellow from constant cigarette smoking." He leaves his briefcase on the subway full of classified information; someone returns it to an FBI agent. Despite the mishaps, though, Ames showed flickers of brilliance.
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