{"product_id":"fbi-files-catching-a-russian-spy-agent-leslie-g-wiser-jr-and-the-case-of-aldrich-ames-9781250199171","title":"FBI Files: Catching a Russian Spy: Agent Leslie G. Wiser Jr. and the Case of Aldrich Ames","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatching a Russian Spy \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAldrich 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgent 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the time of his arrest on February 21, 1994, he had compromised more highly-classified CIA assets than any other agent in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roaring Brook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250199171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e507134 \/ Catching a Russian Spy: Agent Les Wiser Jr. and the Case of Aldrich Ames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bryan Denson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251397034165,"sku":"9781250199171","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d347918a-d11c-4391-9c79-d16fdf8269f3.jpg?v=1699372053","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fbi-files-catching-a-russian-spy-agent-leslie-g-wiser-jr-and-the-case-of-aldrich-ames-9781250199171","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}