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Spying for the Soviet Union saved Aldrich Ames from bankruptcy and made him a millionaire. Yet, the luxurious lifestyle did not last for long.

Spying for the Soviet Union saved Aldrich Ames from bankruptcy and made him a millionaire. Yet, the luxurious lifestyle did not last for long.

Ana Montes is about to get out of prison. A new book by Jim Popkin reveals how she operated under the government's nose for so long.

This week on "Intelligence Matters," host Michael Morell speaks with John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea, former CIA officers and co-founders of Spycraft Entertainment, about how Hollywood portrasy the CIA.

>> reporter: sandy grimes first joined the cia in the early 70s and had an extremely sensitive job. helping to manage the agencys relationship with its crown jewel, a spy named general dmitri poliakov, the highest ranking soviet officer ever recruited. >> these were human beings and you took it upon yourself to keep them alive. >> reporter: on june 13th, 1985, aldrich ames gave the kgb a list of every known human asset the cia had in the soviet union. that list had 20 names on it. within a year,...

[laughter] >> we want that for you. everybody, we want that for you. lets get jerry... [cheers and applause] jerry, you know how we gonna do it. all right, im gonna show you the money right here in round 1. im putting the money on the board, and then what im gonna do is have my guy in the back, dennis, im gonna have him scramble all that up. dennis, scramble the money up. so thats all shaken up. this gonna be your categories, all of your questions. we gonna--just gonna mix all that up ...

0 courthouse in sanford, florida. were covering that closely. you are watching cnns special coverage of the george zimmerman trial. i am chris cuomo. good morning to you. >> hey everybody. im kate bolduan. thanks for joining us. a lot to get to. >> day two of what were calling verdict watch in the george zimmerman trial. the jury working through lunch showing how determined they are. well be live from sanford with any updates. the judge in the case, debra nelson, certainly no nonsense on the s...

On your list? >> i had him number one. the change in rick the fact that he had so much money. something was wrong. >> was he aware of your task force? >> oh, yes. we didnt hide from any one the fact that we were searching for a trader in cia. >> asked ames what he thought of the task force? >> he said because i love sanding at my desk watching sandri grimes and paul redmond running around trying to catch this spy them thinking oh theres rick ames hes a nobody and i was pulling all of the strings...

Sudden became responsive to ricks overture for lunches. >> he gave up virtually almost almost all of our soviet resources. >> knowing they were going to be executed or at least arrested. >> it unleashed a bloodbath in russia. this video shows the arrest of a general by the kgb. another man was also filmed being raised outside of a road in moscow. overall it is believed 10 russians were executed because of ames treachery. >> his damage was in human life. >> how much money did he make off of it? >...

Up. the old slop with the untucked shirt was mow more. >> he was beautifully clothed wonderful suit. he was extremely arrogant. it was just a different person. tot totally different person. >> it was the new rick that would come under scrutiny when would come under scrutiny when the agency went looking for a whats droid-endurance ? the longest 4g lte battery in a razr thin profile. with 32 hours of battery life that turns an all-nighter, into a two-nighter. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola. dr...