Source: United Press International
“Aldrich Ames, a former CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and then Russia, died in prison, according to prison records. He was 84 years old. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records for Ames state he died Monday. … Ames pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion charges in an eastern district of Virginia courtroom on April 24, 1994, and was given life in prison as part of the plea deal for violating the Espionage Act. He was arrested that February, along with his wife, Maria Rosario Ames, on charges that they had spied for the Soviet Union and then Russia since 1985, in exchange for $2.5 million.” (01/07/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/01/07/Aldrich-Ames-dies-prison/3541767763630/