SURVEILLANCE

[yankeedoodle]

The terrific BBC Witness audio-archive series takes us back to February 1994, and the arrest of CIA officer Aldrich Ames for spying for the Russians.

Why listen to this (9 minutes)?  Well, as you listen to it, you hear an FBI agent talk about them watching and listening to Ames with cameras and microphones they planted in his office and home and even in a hotel room in Florida.

Then, think...hmm...that was 21 years ago, and they needed a small army of agents to do this, and now, in 2015, nearly everybody buys and carries gadgets for their person, home, car, and office that have pin-hole microphones and cameras that are internet-linked and that could enable them to be spied on, just as Aldrich Ames was. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02k55xf

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(Photo: Aldrich Ames was led from U.S. Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, after being arraigned on charges of spying for the former
Soviet Union. Credit: Luke Frazza/AFP/Getty Images)
Aldrich Ames CIA Traitor
Last on BBC World Service Mon 23 Feb 2015 08:50 GMT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02k55xf

"In February 1994, CIA officer Aldrich Ames was arrested for spying for
   the Russians. Ames had spied for the Soviets for over 9 years in return
   for 2.5 million dollars. We hear from former FBI agent Leslie G. Wiser
   who built the case against Ames.

   http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p02qrhvc.mp3
   "