| 词条 | Robert Ames (CIA official) |
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| name = Robert Ames | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Clayton Ames | birth_date = {{Birth date |1934|3|6}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|4|18|1934|3|6}} | death_place = Beirut, Lebanon | resting_place = Arlington National Cemetery | nationality = American | other_names = Bob Ames | occupation = Near East Director, Central Intelligence Agency | known_for = }} Robert Clayton Ames (March 6, 1934 – April 18, 1983) was an American intelligence officer, the Central Intelligence Agency's Near East Director. He was killed in the 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut. He is not related to espionage felon Aldrich Ames. Early lifeRaised in Philadelphia he was a 1956 graduate of La Salle University. While at La Salle, he was a member of the La Salle basketball team which won the NCAA championship in 1954 and was runner-up in 1955.[1] CareerIn 1956, he joined the US Army from which he switched to the CIA, specializing in the Middle East. He rose to become the CIA's chief analyst for the area. Working for the CIA's Middle East Directorate of Operations, Ames is reputed to have made the first high-level penetration of the PLO. It is claimed one of two senior contacts he made was Hassan Salameh. He was killed on April 18, 1983 when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the US Embassy in Beirut. A total of 63 people were killed in the explosion including Ames, the CIA Lebanon station chief and his deputy, as well as six other CIA officers and eight other Americans.[2][3][4][5] US President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan attended the ceremony marking arrival of the victim's coffins at Andrews Air Force Base.[6] A memorial service for them, held at Washington National Cathedral was attended by three thousand people.[6] Ames is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[6] Personal lifeHe was married with six children. He is the uncle of former MLB pitcher Mark Gubicza. Further reading
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2004-01-23/news/25366581_1_cia-agent-tom-gola-yasir-arafat |title=NCAA champ became CIA legend. Historic La Salle team produced unsung hero |publisher=philly.com |date=2004-01-23 |accessdate=2014-05-07}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ames, Robert}}2. ^Woodward, Bob (1987) Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981–87. Headline. {{ISBN|0-7472-3168-0}}. pp. 288,289. 3. ^Hirst, David (2010) Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East. Faber and Faber. {{ISBN|978-0-571-23741-8}} p.192 4. ^{{cite web|author=Michael Robert Patterson |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rcames.htm |title=Robert C. Ames, Station Chief, Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=Arlingtoncemetery.net |date= |accessdate=2014-05-07}} 5. ^Phyliss Faraci, Kenneth E. Haas, Deborah M. Hixon, Frank J. Johnston, James Lewis, Monique Lewis and William Richard Sheil - Died in the 1983 Beirut embassy bombing. Haas was the station chief 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trumps-vainglorious-affront-to-the-c-i-a|title=Trump's Vainglorious Affront to the C.I.A. |work=The New Yorker|accessdate=23 January 2017}} 12 : 1934 births|1983 deaths|American people murdered abroad|American terrorism victims|Analysts of the Central Intelligence Agency|Assassinated American diplomats|La Salle Explorers men's basketball players|Mass murder victims|People murdered in Lebanon|Sportspeople from Philadelphia|Basketball players from Pennsylvania|American men's basketball players |
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