Cia legend sandy grimes recalls hunting down a cia officer turned soviet spy during the cold war. Traitor within is a 1998 movie directed by john mackenzie, michael burton. How aldrich ames betrayed the cia by selling secrets to. Jonathan jay pollard born august 7, 1954 is a former intelligence analyst for the united states government. Aldrich ames was an american spy who turned traitor and served the ussr from deep inside his position inside the cia headquarters in washington dc. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the federal correctional institution in terre haute, indiana, united states. In 1991, that road lead us to search for a traitor in cia. Find great recommendations for what to watch after youve finished bosch, justified, outer banks, and. Daniel, started his acting career before the age of six in late 1997.
Daniel magder biowiki, net worth, married 2018 daniel r. Aldrich ames, according to this account by a team of new york times reporters, was an incompetent, officebound, alcoholic spy in the middle of an undistinguished career. Aldrich ames the most infamous russian spy documentarytube. All of which makes his excellent lead performance in the factbased madeforcable drama aldrich ames. Recognizing controlquestion, employing unusual breathing patterns, biting onestongue at the right time, pressing ones toes hard to thefloor, and counting backwards by 7 are. It was completed in 1979, but because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film. He started his career in the central intelligence agency, but after a. Youve touched on it already, but id be grateful for a slightly more directed response to the question of your own perception that these people themselves knew what they had got themselves into, that they knew the price. The search for the presumed traitor was necessitated by the loss of almost all of the cias large stable of soviet intelligence officers working for the united states. Hed be a friend, someone we had known for a long time and someone we saw.
He was eventually captured and sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. Heres abcs bob cia director james faced an audience of congressman anxious to know why it took nine years to figure out that aldridge ames was working for the kgb. Cast includes timothy hutton, joan plowright, eugene lipinski, elizabeth pena. Yet ames took routine lie detector tests andeach time passed them. The assets sets story of aldrich ames at a low boil. Paul rhys born 19 december 1963 is a welsh television, film and theatre actor. Rhys completed his education at rada by winning the william pole prize and the bancroft gold medal on graduation. The storyline weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including midlevel political and police corruption, ira fundraising, displacement of traditional british industry by property development. In the 1980s, ames passed information to the soviet union. More chilling than fiction, this taut drama chronicles the cias search to prove that one of its agents has succumbed to greed and is exchanging highly classified government secrets for money. Aldrich ames and the cia sandra grimes former directorate of operations officer. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him. Agent, whose problems with alcohol and general ineptness had kept him from rising further in the ranks of the agency. To make matters worse, we knew he would not be a stranger.
Daniel robbie magder born december 12, 1991 is a canadian actor. Aldrich hazen ames the worst case of espionage in us. Aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american secrets to a foreign power. Graybeal sidney grimes sandy mabey john turner stansfield. Everything you need to know about circle of treason movie. Aldrich ames was born on march 26, 1941 in river falls, wisconsin, usa as aldrich hazen ames. Aldrich ames is a convicted traitor who leaked american secretsto a foreign power. He compromised the second largest number of cia agents, making him second only to robert hanssen. Ames had compromised the safety of soviets, who had sought to help the us, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars, with which he bought a. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. He helped the kgb nab the cias many soviet spies who operated from moscow and many other european capitals.
More chilling than fiction, this taut drama chronicles the cias search to prove that one of its agents has succumbed to greed and is. Ames was a cia case officer specializing in russian intelligence services, including the kgb. Aldrich ames the highest aid s y in american history b. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. History four books take different approaches to the aldrich ames case. The long good friday is a british gangster film starring bob hoskins and helen mirren. Ames is, as many will recall, one of the most notorious spies in the history of the u. Traitor within, starring joan plowright as vertefeuille. Traitor within tells the tale of the cias most infamous mole who was arrested in 1994 after causing inestimable damage to national security. Back home, the cia team that had unmasked ames welcomed me with exclusive access.
Timothy hutton was born in malibu, california, one of three children born to maryline poole, a teacher, and actor jim hutton dana james hutton. An obvious small screen product showtime, the film does a good job of showing the pressures on ames. Five years after first working for the cia, ames completed a bachelors degree in history at the george washington university. After attending the university of british columbia for his first year, he transferred to the vancouver film schools writing. He is far enough up the food chain to get the kind of security clearance and information the kgb will pay a lot of money for, and he thinks hes smart enough to play both sides of. A mildmannered, unimpressivelooking middle manager with a droll sense of humor and a love of shakespeare, ames. A joint ciafbi investigation had found that aldrich ames, a longtime agency employee, had sold intelligence secrets to the soviet union. Filming of derek goes on vacation was completed at the beginning of october, 2009 and will be released in early. In 1998, ames story was dramatized in the tv movie aldrich ames. In 1998 daniel was cast in a hbo movie called aldrich ames.
Ames was formerly a 31year cia counterintelligence officer who committed. If there was a choice to be made for historical accuracy and dramatic value, we chose dramatic value. His most prolific role is edwin venturi on life with derek magder graduated thornlea secondary school in thornhill, ontario. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed by sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille. The cia spent years looking for another explanation for the leaksin particular the possibility that the kgb had bugged. Dereks younger brother in the family show life with derek. Timothy hutton, joan plowright, elizabeth pena, daniel magder. Circle of treason circle of treason details the authors personal involvement in the hunt for and eventual identification of a soviet mole in the cia during the 1980s and 1990s. Aldrich hazen rick ames is a former central intelligence agency cia officer turned kgb. After only a few significant roles in tv movies, he bagged the part of conrad in the robert redforddirected ordinary people 1980. After they booted me out, i flew to moscow where a kgb general took me to a safe house to discuss his favorite american traitor. Factbased story about a 90s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in us history. Aldrich ames remix 1985 1994 the first known successful penetration of the cia by the kgb, aldrich ames compromised hundreds of cia operations and provided information that resulted in the execution of 10 us sources.
Even so, he was promoted to lead the counterintelligence branch of the cias central soviet division, and there, in 1983, he began calling for the files on every important cia operation involving soviet spies in every corner. Personal injustice becomes a justification for treason when. In a brutally frank account of cia traitor aldrich amess career, grimes, a 26year veteran of the cias clandestine service, and vertefeuille, a longtime cia counterintelligence officer, pull back t. In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, pollard pleaded guilty to spying for and providing topsecret classified information to israel.
A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed by sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, two of the investigators who uncovered amess espionage. Recognizing control questions, employing unusual breathing patterns, biting ones tongue at the right time, pressing ones toes hard to the floor, and counting backwards by 7 are. I got into jail and met facetoface with aldrich ames all alone before the cia and fbi knew what was happening. Traitor within tv movie 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He has appeared in such projects such as the famous jett jackson, and x. He has appeared in such projects such as the famous jett jackson, and xmen. Its the mid 80s, and aldrich ames is a 20 year cia man, with a middlelevel job, an alcohol problem, a wife who likes to spend a lot of money, and a load of debt. The show started filming in 2004 and completed its run seventy episodes later in 2007. Traitor within 1998 archive footage spytek 1998 all filmography. It was the mid1980s, and the cias senior counterintelligence officer in the soviet division had also grown disillusioned with his employer and.
A former cia agent, aldrich ames turned against his country when he fell on hard times. Traitor within tv is a film directed by john mackenzie with timothy hutton, joan plowright, elizabeth pena, c. Yet ames took routine lie detector tests and each time passed them. Aldrich hazen ames the united states of america, however powerful they may be, has a long list of traitors in its rich history. And the even sadder news about it is that most are caught too late. Factbased story about a 1990s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in u. Traitor within tv movie 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Daniel magder was bornon december 12, 1991 in toronto, ontario, canada, is actor, writer. With this made for tv film, we have the story of ames and how he stole classified.
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