I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union.

Quote by Aldrich Ames

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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 betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

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....

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.

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 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...

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...

The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They...

The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They...

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 got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of...

When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of...

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...

No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might...

No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might...

Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea....

Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea....