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

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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.

I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet...

I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet...

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.

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...

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...

By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal...

By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal...

I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced...

I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

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...

Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell...

Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell...

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 U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive...

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive...

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...

I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I...

I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I...

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

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

My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names...

My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names...

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...

The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the...

The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the...

My understanding is that what was provided was general order of battle information, not operational...

My understanding is that what was provided was general order of battle information, not operational...