James Woolsey and the CIA: The Aldrich Ames Spy Case (Sequel) Case Solution
When longtime Capital Hill staff member James Woolsey and Washington lawyer became manager of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1993, he inherited a bombshell that would shortly become available to public. The combined investigation by the FBI had identified that a longtime Agency worker, Aldrich Ames, had sold intelligence secrets to the Soviet Union. Ames had endangered the security of Soviets, who'd sought to help the US, in exchange for thousands of dollars from which he purchased a big dwelling and fancy cars. The public statement of the scandal of Ames would show a delusion for Woolsey.
Public and Congressional reaction -- focused on the failure of the CIA itself to detect Ames' duplicity for nearly a decade -- was harshly critical of the Agency. There was a widespread anticipation that Woolsey would mete out severe punishment for those who'd failed to discover Ames' activity. For his part, however, Woolsey was unsure regarding what sort of punishment, if any, was proper. As a public clamor expanded for the heads to change. The Woolsey would have to determine what was rational to longtime CIA officials, what was best for the esprit de corps of a beleaguered agency, and what was anticipated by the public. HKS Case Number 1339.1.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 01, 1996
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