FBI Files: Catching a Russian Spy: Agent Leslie G. Wiser Jr. and the Case of Aldrich Ames

Catching a Russian Spy is the story of the FBI's investigation of Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who turned Russian spy, and the agent who helped bring him to justice.
Aldrich H. "Rick" Ames was a 31-year veteran of the CIA. He was also a Russian spy. By the time Ames was arrested in 1994, he had betrayed the identities of dozens and caused the deaths of ten agents. The notorious KGB (and later the Russian intelligence service, SVR) paid him millions of dollars.

Agent Leslie G. "Les" Wiser, Jr. ran the FBI's Nightmover investigation tasked with uncovering a mole in the CIA. The team worked night and day to collect evidence-sneaking into Ames' home, hiding a homing beacon in his Jaguar, and installing a video camera above his desk. But the spy kept one step ahead, even after agents followed him to Bogota, Colombia. In a crazy twist, the FBI would score its biggest clue from inside Ames' garbage can.

At the time of his arrest on February 21, 1994, he had compromised more highly-classified CIA assets than any other agent in history.

Go behind the scences of some of the FBI's most interesting cases in award-winning journalist Bryan Denson's FBI Files series, featuring the investigations of the Unabomber, al-Qaeda member Mohamed Mohamud, and Michael Young's diamong theft ring. Each book includes photographs, a glossary, a note from the author, and other detailed backmatter on the subject of the investigation.

About the author

Bryan Denson

Summary

The FBI Files middle grade nonfiction series is a true-crime series that follows FBI agents behind the scenes as they work to keep Americans safe.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan Denson
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781250199171
• ISBN: 978-1-250-19917-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Series: FBI Files; FBI Files, 2
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Geschichte und Vergangenheit, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Nonfiction, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Spies & Spying