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Nightmover: How Aldrich Ames Sold the CIA to the KGB for $4.6 Million
An authority on the CIA draws on inside sources to trace the career of convicted spy Aldrich Ames and the agency's record of incompetence, which allowed Ames to keep his position for nine years. 75,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.
368 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1995
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David Wise
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From Wikipedia:
«David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975).»
Most of his books were non-fiction examinations of espionage and U.S. politics. According to his obituary in the New York Times, “He also wrote three spy novels, which were praised for their insight and authority.” Those novels include:
• Spectrum, 1981
• The Children's Game , 1983
• Samarkand Dimension , 1987
From Wikipedia:
«David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975).»
Most of his books were non-fiction examinations of espionage and U.S. politics. According to his obituary in the New York Times, “He also wrote three spy novels, which were praised for their insight and authority.” Those novels include:
• Spectrum, 1981
• The Children's Game , 1983
• Samarkand Dimension , 1987
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January 16, 2010
Moles get too clever and become loose cannons..........excellent reading
July 17, 2025
Um flagrante espião dentro da CIA.
A toupeira mais danosa da CIA. Aldrich Ames vendeu os segredos da América em troca de 4,6 milhões.
Ótima visão do mundo das operações da CIA. Gostei do livro, bem pesquisado e escrito. Existem vários livros sobre Ames disponíveis, todos vêm de um ângulo ligeiramente diferente, e são boas histórias de espionagem.
Um exemplo clássico de confusão governamental. A parte assustadora é que isso tratou das questões mais delicadas de segurança nacional e Ames foi a causa da execução de quase uma dúzia de espiões soviéticos. Ele merecia o mesmo.
O problemático é que alguns informantes que trabalham em agências de inteligência hoje aprenderam com os erros de Amess e Hanssen. O que torna mais difícil encontrá-los agora.
A toupeira mais danosa da CIA. Aldrich Ames vendeu os segredos da América em troca de 4,6 milhões.
Ótima visão do mundo das operações da CIA. Gostei do livro, bem pesquisado e escrito. Existem vários livros sobre Ames disponíveis, todos vêm de um ângulo ligeiramente diferente, e são boas histórias de espionagem.
Um exemplo clássico de confusão governamental. A parte assustadora é que isso tratou das questões mais delicadas de segurança nacional e Ames foi a causa da execução de quase uma dúzia de espiões soviéticos. Ele merecia o mesmo.
O problemático é que alguns informantes que trabalham em agências de inteligência hoje aprenderam com os erros de Amess e Hanssen. O que torna mais difícil encontrá-los agora.
May 12, 2018
Easy and quick read, like the expanded magazine article it is. If it wasn't Ames it would have been someone else. CIA defensiveness and insularity was absolutely atrocious. The book spends significant time on physical descriptions, which are meaningless, except as a vehicle to demonstrate the author's gender-stereotyped perspective.
May 20, 2014
I didn't learn much that I didn't already know, but reading this book refreshed my memory because I forgot it over the years. It seems like Ames's motives were banal. He just wanted to get out of debt, then, the next thing you know he crossed over the line to naming every CIA asset he knew of and wasn't concerned with getting them killed off by the KGB.
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