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

Quote by Aldrich Ames

Topics: Traitor Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite...

I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a...

An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a...

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...

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is,...

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is,...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....