Died in prison
Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames, a former CIA officer who was 84, died on January 5, 2026, while held at the federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson who confirmed the death. He had spent 31 years with the CIA, joining in 1962 as a document analyst and rising to case officer. The Bureau of Prisons has not given a cause of death, and the articles report that a Maryland medical examiner will determine it. The CIA did not immediately comment on his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
News reports (5)
- CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in Md. prison at 84
- Notorious CIA spy whose treachery caused the deaths of countless sources has died in federal prison
- Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Moscow for almost a decade, dead at 84
- Aldrich Ames, CIA traitor who sold secrets to Soviets, dead at 84
- CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold U.S. secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84