The Aldrich Ames Holiday Shopping Guide

Finally! You have settled on the perfect gift for that certain hard-to-buy-for someone on your Christmas shopping list: a solid-gold man's bracelet previously owned by a Soviet mole. But alas -- your local mall can't help you. What to do?

Look no further. The personal effects of luxury-loving confessed spy Aldrich (Rick) Ames will be auctioned off this week at the upscale Galleria Centre near Atlanta. The sale will be conducted by Manheim Auctions, a nationwide firm that is contracted to dispose of all goods confiscated by federal agencies like the FBI, which earlier this year laid claim to the property...

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