counterintelligence

30 Jul: Former CIA ‘Mole Hunter’ Sandy Grimes Dies at 80

Sandra “Sandy” Grimes, the former CIA officer best known for helping expose Soviet mole Aldrich Ames, has died at the age of 80. Her passing was announced by a family member in a Facebook post. Grimes was a central figure in one of the most damaging spy cases in U.S. intelligence history. As part of a small CIA-FBI task force, she helped uncover Aldrich Ames, a longtime counterintelligence officer who was secretly working for the Soviet Union. The investigation culminated in Ames’ arrest in 1994, after he had compromised numerous American assets overseas. URL: https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/intelligence/former-cia-mole-hunter-sandy-grimes-dies-at-80/