And paul rhys, the actor,ho ditched the trench coat and glasses. In this book, the two cia officers directly responsible for tracking down ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole. Join facebook to connect with sandy grimes and others you may know. Fox files to show interview about cia spy aldrich ames pete.
A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed, eight bells book lecture, naval war. Sandra grimes is a former cia officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions of aldrich ames, a counterintelligence officer who was subsequently convicted of spying for the soviet union. Sandra grimes discusses aldrich ames case the frederick s. Sandra grimes is a former cia officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions of. It is only when we all took a side trip to budapest that we learned from her husband gary that sandy worked for the cia. The institute of world politics 1521 16th street nw washington, d. Grimes was working on a chronology of ames activities since 1985. Sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the cia team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly. Circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and. Circle of treason a cia account traitor aldrich ames and the. Former cia operative sandra grimes is a former cia officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions of aldrich ames, a counterintelligence officer who was subsequently convicted of spying for the soviet union. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed, eight bells book lecture, naval war college museum, june 12, 2014. A cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed. Jan 31, 20 grimes, a 26year cia veteran, coauthored the book with her friend jeanne vertefeuille, who joined the cia as a gs4 typist in 1954 and worked her way through the clandestine service to become a.
I highly recommend the tv adaption of this book, now available streaming on. Jan 09, 2014 i am quite remiss in posting about sandra grimes aka spy chaser extraordinaire. Sep 18, 20 meet sandy grimes, a former cia operative in the agencys clandestine service, and hear how she and her fellow operative jeanne vertefeuille used their determination, hard work, and cunning to. May 17, 2018 sandy grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, russian mole hunters these two women led the hunt for a russian mole inside langley who had been passing along some of the agencys biggest secrets the. Sandra grimes talks about her book, circle of treason, in which she chronicles the hunting down and capture of cia mole aldrich ames, who compromised the second largest number of assets in cia. Both of them and their book will be featured sunday night march 24click to continue.
Sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the cia team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying ames as the mole, leading to. Cia traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed kindle edition by grimes, sandra v. Spy hunters the women who caught aldrich ames youtube. After serving in the vietnam war and retiring from the military, gritz has worked on attempted pow rescues in conjunction with the vietnam war powmia issue. Exspy sandy grimes tells reallife story of nabbing a cia mole. I met sandy grimes years ago on a sun microsystems sales award trip to vienna, around 1992 pr 1993. Join facebook to connect with sandra grimes and others you may know. The fbi took over the investigation and used surveillance to build the case against ames. Dan payne, the financial expert on the team, pulled all of ames financial records and began to analyze them.
Sandy grimes is a twentysixyear veteran of cias clandestine service, who spent most of her career working against the former soviet union, supporting some of cias most valuable penetrations of the kgb and gru. The cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed, in. Circle of treason is a joint effort penned by sandy grimes and jeanne vertefeuille. In 1985 and 1986 cia experienced the unparalleled loss of its stable of soviet assets, which all but wiped out human source reporting on the soviet union.
Meet sandy grimes, a former cia operative in the agencys clandestine service, and hear how she and her fellow operative jeanne vertefeuille used their determination, hard work, and cunning to. Sandra grimes is a former cia officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions. While there have been other books about aldrich ames, circle of treason is the first account written by cia agents who were key members of the cia team that conducted the intense ames mole hunt. The book was also the basis for the abc miniseries the assets, which. Sandy grimes, paul redmond, jeanne vertefeuille, diana worthen, and. Dec 24, 20 sandy grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were part of a fiveperson cia team who were tasked with hunting down moles inside the agency and were responsible for the ultimate takedown of cia traitor.
Dec 31, 20 the eightpart miniseries the assets, premiering thursday at 10 p. Sandy grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were part of a fiveperson cia team who were tasked with hunting down moles inside the agency and were responsible for the ultimate takedown of cia traitor aldrich rick ames, pictured above. Mar 12, 2020 circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuilleis an extraordinary tribute to their training, ingenuity, years of service and access to cia top secret files, soviet agents collaborating with the cia, and fbi colleagues. He then passed his findings to sandy grimes, another expert in soviet intelligence services. Sandy grimes is known for her work on the assets 2014, cold war 1998 and pritzker military library presents 2006. Sandy grimes is a former cia officer who coinvestigated and uncovered the actions. Circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuilleis.
Sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, longtime veterans of the cia were in the forefront of a small group assigned to the mission, in early 1991 to expose the traitor mole in their midst. Sep 29, 2016 sandra grimes discusses aldrich ames case. Nov 14, 2018 sandy grimes veteran of the cias clandestine service. Aug 25, 2016 the breakthrough came in august 1992 when jeannes colleague, sandy grimes, discovered ames made large bankaccount deposits after every meeting with a particular soviet official. Cia director gina haspel and the history of women spies the. She joined the cia in july 1967, shortly after graduating from the university of washington with a degree in russian. Fbi cia debriefings of ames following his plea bargain. Sandy grimes is a twentysixyear veteran of cia s clandestine service, who spent most of her career working against the former soviet union, supporting some of cia s most valuable penetrations of the kgb and gru.
Sandy grimes joined forces with a small task force to try to find a mole at the cia. Sandra grimes has 6 books on goodreads, and recently added blood defense by marcia clark, the murder house by james patterson, nypd red by james patterso. It took them years to uncover the cia mole in their midst. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille were two of the five principals. Former central intelligence agency cia officer sandra grimes gave a talk at the frederick s. Grimes will talk about her and her latecoauthor jeanne vertefeuilles personal involvement in cias effort to identify the reason for the losses and to protect future soviet assets from exposure and execution. The assets is an eightpart miniseries based on the real life events of cia counterintelligence officer sandy grimes jodie whittaker. Cia coworkers sandy grimes and jeanne vertefeuille made history by bringing down cold war mole aldrich ames.
Costco connection, a magazine published by a discount. Considering it their personal mission, grimes and vertefeuille dedicated themselves to identifying the traitor responsible for the execution or imprisonment of the soviet agents with whom they worked. Circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuille is. The authors, jeanne vertefeuille and sandra grimes were at the center of the.
They give a detailed step by step account of the hunt and the arrest of aldrich ames. Former cia analyst sandy grimes is a writer known for the book she coauthored with jeanne vertefeuille titled circle of treason. Nov 30, 20 the washington times circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuilleis an extraordinary tribute to their training, ingenuity, years of service and access to cia top secret files, soviet agents collaborating with the cia, and fbi colleagues. Grimes, long since retired from the cia, sat down with on the radar to discuss her role in uncovering ames as the mole, a manhunt that lasted nearly a decade and culminated in ames eventual arrest in 1994. I created a draft on her after i posted on the dames hunting ames, and but then instead followed up on her friend and cohort, the lategreat jeanne vertefeuille after her passing, and then really meant to dig in and finish after grimes and vertefeuille published circle of treason. The hunt for and identification of cia traitor aldrich ames. Circle of treason, written by two women cia employeessandra grimes and jeanne vertefeuilleis an extraordinary tribute to their training, ingenuity, years of service and access to cia top secret files, soviet agents collaborating with the cia, and fbi colleagues. Her book circle of treason recounts her investigations and has been adapted for the miniseries the assets premiering tonight at 10 pm et on abc. They remained friends, and grimes cared for vertefeuille as she confronted cancer. Sandra grimes talked about her book, circle of treason. Published on feb 18, 2014 sandra grimes talks about the hunting down and capture of cia mole aldrich ames, who compromised the second largest number of assets in cia history.
Jan 01, 2012 i met sandy grimes years ago on a sun microsystems sales award trip to vienna, around 1992 pr 1993. Sep 11, 2019 in this book, the two cia officers directly responsible for tracking down ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole. Sandra sandy grimes 09012019 washington post reporter vogel tells the captivating story of british spyturneddouble agent george blake b. While there have been other books about aldrich ames, circle of treason is the. Sandy, i want you just tell me how you got involved in the dmitri polyakov case and what your job was, i suppose without sort of breaking too many official secrets, but what job were you doing when polyakov sort of came into your life and what was. Grimes and jeanne vertefeuille, her coworker and best friend, helped capture cia mole aldrich. Cia spy worked for soviet union for years before caught by. Two of the heroes in my book, confessions of a spy, have written their own insider account about the hunt for cia traitor, aldrich ames, and its a simply terrific read. Grimes was born in august 1945 to a couple who met in oak ridge, tennessee, and worked together on the manhattan project. Published on sep 18, 20 meet sandy grimes, a former cia operative in the agencys clandestine service, and hear how she and her fellow operative jeanne vertefeuille used their determination, hard. Jan 10, 2014 at the center of investigation was cia officer sandy grimes. This book adds an insider perspective to the bookshelf. In this book, the two cia officers directly responsible for tracking down. Capturing a cia traitor cia legend sandy grimes recalls hunting down a cia officer turned soviet spy during the cold war.
In 1985 and 1986, the cia experienced the unparalleled loss of its stable of soviet assets, which all but wiped out human source reporting. In 1992, grimess chronology led to a break in the case. Jan 08, 2014 grimes, 68, talks about the cia while sitting in a lazboystyle chair in front of an electric fireplace at her house in northern virginia. The ames mole hunt team spent years trying to figure out who was leaking to the soviets during the 1980s. Grimes, a 26year cia veteran, coauthored the book with her friend jeanne vertefeuille, who joined the cia as a gs4 typist in 1954 and worked her way through the clandestine service to become a. Sandy grimes is a former cia officer who successfully uncovered aldrich ames as one of the most dangerous and notorious traitors inside the cia at the end of the cold war.
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