In celebration of #WomensEqualityDay, the story of Jeanne Vertefeuille: The Spy Catcher
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The task was long & exhaustive, complicated by fact that many didn’t think cause was a traitor, but intercepted communications instead.
1992: Jeanne’s colleague, Sandy Grimes, found Ames made large bank-account deposits after every meeting w Soviet official
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1992: Jeanne reached mandatory retirement age, but immediately returned as contractor to see investigation to completion.
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@FBI took over investigation & used surveillance to build case.
21 Feb 1994: Ames was arrested.
He pleaded guilty & is serving life sentence
For 58 years, starting when CIA was overwhelmingly male & until her death in 2012, Jeanne blazed trails for all CIA women
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Jeanne was a driven, focused officer who demanded excellence & was always devoted to mission. #WomensEqualityDay
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Read Operation Solo. A great FBI/Communist Russia story. Nonfiction 
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