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How Stalin secured Eastern Europe after World War Two

In the ruins of postwar Europe, the Soviet Union moved swiftly to reshape the East. This episode follows how power, ...

Aldrich Ames, Soviet mole in the CIA whose treachery led to the deaths of countless Western agents

Aldrich Ames, who has died aged 84, had a 32-year career with the CIA and was a double agent for the last nine of them; he ...

‘We Expect Big Parties:’ How New Year’s Eve Became a Mega Holiday for Eastern Europeans

After Communist leaders suppressed religious holidays, Dec. 31 became a catchall secular holiday — with a New Year’s tree, a ...

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia, has died in a Maryland prison. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed Ames died Monday. He ...
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CIA turncoat who sold secrets to Soviet Union in worst US spy leak dies in prison

Aldrich Ames betrayed the CIA by selling American secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia, resulting in the deaths of at least ...

Aldrich Ames, the Cold War’s deadliest CIA mole, completes life sentence

The CIA knew Aldrich Ames was drinking excessively, was prone to extra-marital affairs, lived a lifestyle that was far above his pay as an intelligence officer, and even failed a lie detector test ...

Aldrich Ames, CIA traitor who sold secrets to Soviets, dead at 84

Ames, a 31-year CIA veteran, admitted being paid $2.5 million by Moscow for U.S. secrets from 1985 until his arrest in 1994.

Tourists are discovering a fascinating destination on the edge of Europe — but it’s on a US warning list

The Pankisi Valley, in the former Soviet country of Georgia, has long carried a reputation shaped more by headlines than tourism, but many Americans are now choosing to visit.