The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Jan. 5. He was 84.

The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Jan. 5. He was 84.

In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decade

The double agent compromised more than 100 operations and betrayed more than 30 agents spying for the West.

Aldrich Ames, a former CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and then Russia, died in prison, according to prison records. He was 84 years old.