Cia where she worked for years, hired by the cia right out of college in 1967. She spent two and a half decades rising through the agencys ranks and assignments working against the soviet union and Eastern European countries. She was about to resign in 1991 when she was asked to stay for one more assignment. That assignment involves joining a five person team charged with figuring out why so many of the cias most valued soviet assets ad been executed or imprisoned several years earlier. The investigation ended up exposing one of the most destructive traders in u. S. History, aldrich ames, a cia counterIntelligence Officer. Since his conviction in 1994, ames has been serving a life entence. Her book, circle of treason, was the first account from inside the cia not only of how aldrich ames was caught, but of the men that he betrayed. Sandy wrote it with another longtime Agency Member who participated in the investigation. Their book was First Published a little over a year ago in 2012 an
The title. What a fantastic evening for me. Only to be here with a lot of legends, and now to win this award, iam of legends, and now to win this award, i am a crazy man, i am very crazy. Thank you so much. Thank you for voting for me. And of course i wa nt to for voting for me. And of course i want to thank my family, my wife, my agent, my chairman, my players, without them it is difficult for the manager to win something, and also the fans. I think what happened last season the fans. I think what happened last season in england was amazing, it was something strange. The god of football said, leicester must win. Carli football said, leicester must win. Ca rli lloyd was football said, leicester must win. Carli lloyd was named best womens plea and Cristiano Ronaldo was best mans plea, beating lionel messi to the title. Probably my best year so far. I have to include the trophy for the national team, the Portugal National team, it was amazing. The first time in the history of the Portuga
Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
Claimed dozens of lives across Central Europe and the balkans. Ivan miskovic has told bbc news that many have refused shelters, fearing deportations. 15,000 people are living in tents as far south as greece, including the islands of lesbos and samos. Aid agencies warn they are at risk of freezing to death. Its in the balkans, though, where the situation is far more urgent. Well have that interview with a serbian official in a moment, but first, heres simon jones. The cold snap is tightening its grip. Claiming more than 65 lives across europe. Causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays. This is sarajevo. The balkans have been particularly hard hit. Temperatures have been as low as 15 for several days. There is major concern about the plight of refugees, particularly in serbia. Some are being sheltered in reception centres. But 1,200 are living in a Derelict Warehouse in belgrade, according to the unhcr. Its very cold, and we are just making fire. But still we can keep warm ours