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Word: ameses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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The code name stood for both the investigation and Ames himself. Lewis chose Les Wiser, a 38-year-old FBI agent, to head the team that kept Ames and his wife under surveillance for nine months. The FBI tapped the couple's phone, bugged their house, combed through their trash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMES SPY HUNT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

Nightmover ended on the morning of Feb. 21, 1994, when Ames left his house in Arlington, stepped into his Jaguar and drove into an FBI roadblock a short distance away. The arrest of Ames and his wife came one day before he was scheduled to leave for Moscow on CIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMES SPY HUNT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

...process of questioning him fully about his activities and his knowledge of the KGB. The debriefers were in place around a polished conference table. From the FBI there were Les Wiser, James Milburn and special agents Mike Donner and Rudy Guerin. Mark Hulkower, who has successfully prosecuted the Ameses for the government, represented the U.S. Attorney's office. The only person from the CIA was Jeanne Vertefeuille. Ames was brought in, handcuffed. He spotted Vertefeuille right away. He knew she was on the task force that had tracked him down. Mole hunter and quarry were finally face-to-face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMES SPY HUNT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

Ames nodded to her. "Hi, Jeanne," he said.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMES SPY HUNT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

Ames leaned across the table and shook hands with each of the debriefers, including Vertefeuille, although he hesitated for a moment before shaking hands with Hulkower, the energetic young prosecutor who had put him and Rosario in prison. But then he did.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMES SPY HUNT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

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