#1 The Aldrich Ames Espionage Case
Risk Takers Podcast Series
#1 The Aldrich Ames Espionage Case
June 26, 2020
Dell Spry, a former FBI investigator and counterespionage expert, sits  down to discuss the biggest case of insider theft in U.S. History: The  Aldrich Ames Case. Hear how he, along with the help of the CIA, and the  fellow FBI agents used their cunning, hard work, and old fashioned  investigative work to capture and convict most infamous CIA  officer-turned traitor:  Aldrich Hazan "Rick" Ames.  Beginning in 1985 the CIA experienced the unparalleled loss of its of  Soviet assets, which nearly destroyed the government's ability to gather  intelligence on the Soviet Union. In this interview Mr. Spry discusses  his personal involvement in the case as the FBI's lead investigator  including many of the investigative methods they used. Hear never before  details about the harrowing investigation to not only investigate and  convict the highest ranking government official ever accused of spying,  but to protect future Russian assets. In 1991, the quest led them to  search for a Soviet spy in the CIA. They came to identify that spy as  CIA Case Officer, Aldrich Hazan "Rick" Ames, a long-time CIA case  officer and analyst. In February of 1994, Ames was arrested by the FBI  and sentenced to life in prison.

Dell Spry, a former FBI investigator and counterespionage expert, sits  down to discuss the biggest case of insider theft in U.S. History: The  Aldrich Ames Case. Hear how he, along with the help of the CIA, and the  fellow FBI agents used their cunning, hard work, and old fashioned  investigative work to capture and convict most infamous CIA  officer-turned traitor:  Aldrich Hazan "Rick" Ames.  Beginning in 1985 the CIA experienced the unparalleled loss of its of  Soviet assets, which nearly destroyed the government's ability to gather  intelligence on the Soviet Union. In this interview Mr. Spry discusses  his personal involvement in the case as the FBI's lead investigator  including many of the investigative methods they used. Hear never before  details about the harrowing investigation to not only investigate and  convict the highest ranking government official ever accused of spying,  but to protect future Russian assets. In 1991, the quest led them to  search for a Soviet spy in the CIA. They came to identify that spy as  CIA Case Officer, Aldrich Hazan "Rick" Ames, a long-time CIA case  officer and analyst. In February of 1994, Ames was arrested by the FBI  and sentenced to life in prison.