NSI's timely special report presents a factual and comprehensive review of the explosive espionage case that U.S. prosecutors called "the most damaging spy case in the history of this country."

This exclusive report from the National Security Institute highlights the Ames spy case in which a Moscow penetration agent succeeded for nearly a decade in operating deep within the heart of U.S. intelligence.

The report, The Ames Espionage Case: Lessons for Security Managers, examines how lax security enabled CIA turncoat Aldrich H. Ames to elude detection for nine years and raises questions about why so many warning signs did not trigger alarm bells among security officials.

In this special report you'll find out ...

...Why CIA security and counterintelligence failed.
...What security "indicators" were ignored.
... How the U.S. drew the spy net on the Ameses.
... What factors influenced Ames to spy for Russia.
... What was on the KGB's secret shopping list.
... How Russia's spies still operate in the U.S.
... And much more.

The Ames Espionage Case:

Lessons for Security Managers

Table of Contents:

KGB Develops Mole in Top Ranks of CIA
Red Flags Ignored: Some Early Signs Were Missed
Eluded Detection for Nine Years
Ames Blatantly Violated CIA Security Rules
CIA Director Takes Steps to Improve Security
Ames Led Multiple Lives at CIA
Recruitment: A Spy Deep Within the Heart of U.S. Intelligence
Follow the Money
Tipoff: The Trappings of Espionage
Wages of Treason
U.S. Halts Spying Operations
Ames Case Highlights Continuing Espionage Threat from Moscow
Ames Case Reveals Limits of Polygraph Testing
Ames Could be Forerunner of Other Spy Cases
Ames Pleads Guilty to Spying, Gets Life Term
Foreign Agents Betrayed by Ames
Mole's Damage to CIA Could Take Years to Fix
Spy Wars Continue

Appendix A . . . Excerpts from "Statement of Facts" submitted by U.S. Attorney Helen F. Fahey and agreed to by Aldrich H. Ames and his attorneys, Plato Cacheris and Preston Burton.

Appendix B . . . Excerpts from "Statement of Facts" submitted by U.S. Attorney Helen F. Fahey and agreed to by Rosario Ames and her attorney, William B. Cummings.

Appendix C . . . Excerpts From Statement made by Aldrich H. Ames and released by his lawyers after Mr. Ames pleaded guilty to Espionage in Federal District Court.

The Ames Espionage Case: Lessons for Security Managers - a 50-page study - is a must read document for defense industry and government security practitioners, security education and training specialists, facility security officers, classification managers, corporate security directors, information security managers, and anyone who needs to know about the continuing threat of foreign espionage.

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