
Aldrich Ames - The Ultimate Double Agent, Part 2/2: Operation Nightmover | CIA
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The CIA's Jack in the Box
Wiser remembered the case of Edward Lee Howard, another CIA agent who ended up spying for the Russians. The bureau had put him under bumper lock surveillance, 24-hour close observation. But it backfired catastrophically when his wife placed a dummy in the passenger seat and he fled to Russia. Concerned something similar could happen with Ames, Wiser and his team don't go anywhere near the man himself. Instead, they study him forensically, from afar.
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