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marble falls

(71,962 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:58 PM Mar 10

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Mrs Marble Falls recieved this announcement in her CIA retiree newsletter under "A Death of Note" ...

Aldridge Ames, Traitor.

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Mrs Marble Falls recieved this announcement in her CIA retiree newsletter under "A Death of Note" ... (Original Post) marble falls Mar 10 OP

? DBoon Mar 11 #1

They could explain it to you, but then they'd have to kill you. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 #3

Nah, they'd only render him to a black prison site in Poland. Ooooops did I say Poland? I meant Euro-Disneyland. marble falls Mar 11 #4

Don't know why it won't open for you ... marble falls Mar 11 #2

The worst kind of traitor is one who does it for $. harumph Mar 11 #5

The list of people killed through is disclosures is astounding. CIA kept him working, in the antimole section ... marble falls Mar 11 #6

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Yes. 28 years. Mostly out of country, in Paris, Thailand, Taiwan, Mauritania, Mali, Chad and a few other places. ... marble falls Mar 11 #9

He was 84. QueerDuck Mar 11 #8

And just ducked out of his death sentence. marble falls Mar 11 #10

DBoon

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1. ?

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:03 AM

Mar 11

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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,979 posts)

3. They could explain it to you, but then they'd have to kill you. NT

Reply to DBoon (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:13 AM

Mar 11

marble falls

(71,962 posts)

4. Nah, they'd only render him to a black prison site in Poland. Ooooops did I say Poland? I meant Euro-Disneyland.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:47 AM

Mar 11

marble falls

(71,962 posts)

2. Don't know why it won't open for you ...

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:12 AM

Mar 11

... It's a picture of Aldridge Ames with the caption, "Aldridge Ames, Traitor". Mr Ames passed in January in Federal Prison.

harumph

(3,293 posts)

5. The worst kind of traitor is one who does it for $.

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:56 AM

Mar 11

Dante would locate him in the 9nth circle.

marble falls

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6. The list of people killed through is disclosures is astounding. CIA kept him working, in the antimole section ...

Reply to harumph (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:02 AM

Mar 11

... when if he had presented himself for a job requiring bonding in the "civilian" section, he'd have been denied.

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marble falls

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9. Yes. 28 years. Mostly out of country, in Paris, Thailand, Taiwan, Mauritania, Mali, Chad and a few other places. ...

Reply to Name removed (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:34 AM

Mar 11

... She worked in the States in a few cities with offices.

When she retired, she had only worked for CIA, but she'd have to list her 'cover' jobs - about ten or fifteen of them.

Yes, there are things I don't know because I "have no need to know". I have things from the Navy she has no need to know. It works out.

We're both old, very old.

She's more of a Blue Dog Democrat. I am ultra yellow dog Democrat, bordering on socialist.

QueerDuck

(1,753 posts)

8. He was 84.

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:18 AM

Mar 11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames

marble falls

(71,962 posts)

10. And just ducked out of his death sentence.

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:35 AM

Mar 11

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