Robert C. Ames person
also: Ames, Bob Ames
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Claims (4)
Robert C. Ames member_of
CIA host_asserted
“were CIA Middle East specialists, including Robert C. Ames, the agency's top Middle East expert, disaffected former Israeli Mossad case officer, Victor Ostrowski, and he's going to come up later. It's O-S-T-R-O-B-S-K-Y, later claimed.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 33:37
Robert C. Ames spied_on
Ali Hassan Salameh host_asserted
“Before his assassination, Mossad inquired if Salome was a CIA asset to which Ames could not confirm due to Salome's non-formal status, reflecting a delicate balance in how the CIA and Mossad operate. To say that Bob Ames was sympathetic to …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 35:38
Richard Helms covered_up
Robert C. Ames host_asserted
“This back-channel work known to CIA Director Richard Helms and Henry Kissinger was kept discreet to avoid antagonizing Israel. Ames' biography highlights open hostility between the CIA and Mossad during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 37:05
Henry Kissinger covered_up
Robert C. Ames host_asserted
“This back-channel work known to CIA Director Richard Helms and Henry Kissinger was kept discreet to avoid antagonizing Israel. Ames' biography highlights open hostility between the CIA and Mossad during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 37:05
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▶ 33:37
were CIA Middle East specialists, including Robert C. Ames, the agency's top Middle East expert, disaffected former Israeli Mossad case officer, Victor Ostrowski, and he's going to come up later. It's O-S-T-R-O-B-S-K-Y, later claimed.…
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Khomeini's offensive against America and Lebanon began in earnest, but it was not his offensive. More to the story. Ames' close relationship with Ali Hassan Salameh, a senior PLO figure. Now, again, Israel created and funded Hamas to fight …
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So Ames had created a relationship with this senior PLO figure. Ames became a threat to Israel. So that created a lot of friction with Mossad, who viewed Salome as a terrorist linked to the 1970 Olympic attacks. The Israelis sought to assas…
▶ 35:38
Before his assassination, Mossad inquired if Salome was a CIA asset to which Ames could not confirm due to Salome's non-formal status, reflecting a delicate balance in how the CIA and Mossad operate. To say that Bob Ames was sympathetic to …
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He believed in a Palestinian state and he believed that it would stabilize the region and benefit all parties. And Ames was very well respected in the United States as a foreign policy expert. So his elimination was critical to ensuring the…
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about misinformation that was coming even out of his own CIA. So he was viewed as a big threat. In 1977, he wrote a letter to his wife, Ames did, expressing his frustration with U.S. policy, stating, and this is a quote, I know I can get th…
▶ 37:05
This back-channel work known to CIA Director Richard Helms and Henry Kissinger was kept discreet to avoid antagonizing Israel. Ames' biography highlights open hostility between the CIA and Mossad during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and…
▶ 37:37
to back the Israeli forces killing Palestinian refugees. Ames' sympathy for Palestinians deepened his criticism of Israel's actions during this period. So he was very, very vocal about this. His frustrations with U.S. reluctance to pressure…
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Among the 17 dead Americans of 63 overall was Robert Ames, the agency's national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia. The station chief, his wife, and his deputy. Ames' hand would be found in a Mediterranean area a mile of…