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💣 Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer, betrayed the agency by selling information to the Soviet Union and later Russia, resulting in the deaths of several CIA agents.
💰 Ames initially offered the Soviets information he believed to be worthless for $50,000, but they paid and he continued providing more details in exchange for cash.
🕵️ Ames' actions compromised the identities of CIA spies in the Soviet Bloc, leading to their capture and killing by the Russians.
🔒 The CIA used covert communication channels disguised as innocuous websites to communicate with assets in Iran and other countries.
🌐 Iran discovered one of these secret websites and, through creative searching, found others, enabling them to eavesdrop on CIA communications.
🤝 China and Russia were informed of the compromised CIA communications by Iran, leading to the deaths of CIA assets inthose countries as well.
😱 The intelligence failure resulted in the deaths of dozens of people and significantly impacted the CIA's global operations, potentially affecting up to 70% of its operations.
🔒 The CIA has been secretive about this incident, and there are limited public disclosures or official statements regarding the events.
🧐 There are unanswered questions and uncertainties surrounding the extent of the US government's response to this catastrophic intelligence failure.