When Washington lawyer and longtime employee of Capital Hill, James Woolsey was director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1993, he inherited a bombshell that would soon become public. The joint CIA FBI investigation found that Aldrich Ames, a longtime employee of the agency, sold intelligence secrets of the Soviet Union. Ames danger Soviets who tried to help the United States in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars, with which he bought a big house and expensive cars. Public announcement of the Ames scandal in February 1994, will be a dilemma for Woolsey. Public and congressional reaction - focused on the failure of the CIA itself detect duplicity Ames for almost a decade - has been sharply criticized the agency. There was a widespread expectation that Woolsey would appoint a severe punishment for those who are unable to detect activity Ames. For its part, however, Wolsey was confident in what sort of punishment, if any, are appropriate. As a public uproar grew "heads to roll", Woolsey would have to consider the fact that the CIA has long been true that it was better for the morale of the beleaguered agency, and what was expected from the public. HKS Case Number 1339.0. "Hide
by Philip Heymann, Howard Husock, Esther Scott, 14 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1996. Prod. #: HKS053-PDF-ENG
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