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
Ames was jailed on 28 April 1994 after he admitted to selling secret information to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
He turned to his close friend and frequent collaborator Johnson, who helped him sketch a concept that Kelly would refine into a design Ames approved.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
On July 20, 1993, the FBI summoned Ames to a meeting at FBI headquarters, supposedly related to his counterintelligence work.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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