On February 22nd in History
Part VI
Part VI
On February 22nd in 1994 - The Justice Department charged 31-year CIA counterintelligence veteran Aldrich H. Ames and his wife, Rosario, with selling national security secrets to the Soviet Union. He passed information from 1985 to 1994 that included the names of US agents. Ames was later sentenced to life in prison; his wife received a 5-year term. Ames’ disclosures led to the execution of at least 10 FBI-recruited Soviet and Warsaw Pact agents.
On February 22nd in 1995 - France accused four American diplomats and a fifth U.S. citizen of spying, and asked them to leave the country.
On February 22nd in 1996 - President Clinton announced he would nominate Alan Greenspan to a third term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
On February 22nd in 1996 - A freight train derailed in the Colorado Rockies and killed two crew members. Two cars holding 27,000 gallons of sulfuric acid had broken open and some spilled down the mountain and onto a highway near Leadville.
On February 22nd in 1997 - It was reported that the Clinton administration was seeking to have the former El Salvador rebel, Pedro Antonio Andrade, deported as a terrorist.
On February 22nd in 1997 - The new welfare law in the US put tens of thousands of people off of food stamps as of today. The new law stated that adults under age 50 without children or jobs could only receive food stamps for 3 months in any 3-year period. The law authorized states to contract with private companies to provide welfare services.
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