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Related: About this forumABC's "The Assets" special limited mini series about Aldrich Ames....
Had DVR'd it and just watched the first episode, it was very good, imo. Did anyone else catch it?
A Mole in Deepest Beige
The Assets, an eight-part ABC mini-series about the Ames case that begins on Thursday, has British actors in almost all the lead roles, including Ames (Paul Rhys), but the creators are stuck with an American spy who over nearly nine years in the 1980s and 90s got people killed and did terrible damage to the C.I.A., but wasnt actually very mysterious at all.
Mr. Ames, who is now in prison serving a life sentence, had a problem with drinking and money; he and his younger second wife had expensive tastes. Even Robert P. Hanssen, the F.B.I. agent who sold information to the Soviets for two decades, had a richer back story: He was, among other things, a member of the secretive, conservative Roman Catholic society Opus Dei. (Chris Cooper played him in Breach, a 2007 movie.)
The real puzzle is not why Mr. Ames became a traitor, but how on earth he evaded detection for so long. His C.I.A. superiors missed all kinds of clues that he clumsily left in his wake, including flashy cars and clothes he couldnt possibly afford on his government salary.
Mr. Ames, who is now in prison serving a life sentence, had a problem with drinking and money; he and his younger second wife had expensive tastes. Even Robert P. Hanssen, the F.B.I. agent who sold information to the Soviets for two decades, had a richer back story: He was, among other things, a member of the secretive, conservative Roman Catholic society Opus Dei. (Chris Cooper played him in Breach, a 2007 movie.)
The real puzzle is not why Mr. Ames became a traitor, but how on earth he evaded detection for so long. His C.I.A. superiors missed all kinds of clues that he clumsily left in his wake, including flashy cars and clothes he couldnt possibly afford on his government salary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/arts/television/the-assets-a-mini-series-about-aldrich-ames-on-abc.html?_r=0
The Assets (ABC) Premiere Trailer: Scandals Scott Foley Introduces New Series:
More on Aldrich Ames from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames
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ABC's "The Assets" special limited mini series about Aldrich Ames.... (Original Post)
Little Star
Jan 2014
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avebury
(10,952 posts)1. I watched it and liked it.
I went on the internet to start looking up some of the people involved, particularly the names of the ones Ames gave to the Soviets.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)2. I watched the first episode and was interested enough
to keep watching. Too bad I forgot to watch the second episode. It was canceled after just two episodes. I wonder how many they have in the can? This just might show up at a later time, probably in the summer.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)3. I can't believe they canceled it......
I've been reading around the web and viewers are pissed.
I think all eight episodes are already made so maybe someone else will pick it up this summer. I hope.