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Robert Clayton Ames (March 6, 1934 – April 18, 1983) was an operations officer and Near East Director for the Central Intelligence Agency. He was killed in the 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut.
May 22, 2014 · Learn about Robert Ames, the CIA agent who established ties with the PLO and was killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discuss his life and legacy in this Wilson Center event.
Apr 22, 2014 · A biography of the CIA officer who opened a channel with the PLO in the 1970s Middle East. The book reveals the challenges, dangers and tragedies of his clandestine mission and its implications for U.S. policy.
Robert Downing Ames (March 23, 1889 – November 27, 1931) was an American actor. Early life. Ames was born in Hartford, Connecticut, [1] where his father, Louis Mason Ames, was employed as an accountant for an insurance company and his mother, Mary Elma (née Downing) Ames, worked as a voice coach. [2] Career. Non-acting.
May 22, 2014 · Learn about Robert Ames, a CIA officer who established back-channel connections with the PLO and was killed in the 1983 Beirut embassy bombing. Author Kai Bird shares his biography and insights on Ames' approach to intelligence and foreign policy.
Oct 20, 2014 · Robert Ames was a CIA officer who worked with the PLO and Jordan in the Middle East. He was killed by a bomb in 1983, while the U.S. and Israel were on the verge of peace talks.
May 19, 2014 · Among his colleagues at the CIA, Robert Ames was considered the quintessential spy. Integral in the Oslo Peace Accords, the late secret agent is now the subject of Kai Bird's book, The Good...
