Ames
Americannoun
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Ikenna Nlebedim, deputy director of Ames National Laboratory’s critical materials division, said recycling could meet up to 25% of U.S. demand for rare earths within a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Ames, 84, died this week in a federal prison in Maryland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Over the course of nine years, Ames admitted receiving a total of about $2.5 million from the Soviet Union for his betrayal of the US.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
The Bruins’ comeback hopes formally ended when Cal’s Dai Dai Ames unleashed a crossover move that he followed with a three-pointer to give the Golden Bears an eight-point lead with 1:24 remaining.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Ames gambled that as chief of counterintelligence for the Soviet division of the CIA, approaching the KGB couldn't be simpler.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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