By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.

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To the extent that I considered the personal burden of harming the people who had...

To the extent that I considered the personal burden of harming the people who had...

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy....

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy....

I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have...

I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have...

Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive...

Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive...

The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.

The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.

I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.

I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents...

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents...

Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political...

Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political...

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet...

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet...

When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the...

When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the...

I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.

I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that...

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that...

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use...

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use...

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put...

You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put...

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such...

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such...

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something...

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something...