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Some have also had problems recognizing anomalies in the behavior of their
sources or in the appearance or actions of their targets.
Aldrich Ames was a CIA analyst and ocer who was convicted of spying
for the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994; despite poor performance ratings
and evidence of a drinking problem, he was allowed to remain in important
and sensitive positions. In the wake of the Ames case, the IC made sweep-
ing changes to its counterintelligence infrastructure. A new policy board,
reporting to the Assistant to the President for National Security Aairs, was
established to coordinate counterintelligen ...