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

Quote by Aldrich Ames

Topics: Traitor Quotes

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 knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet...

I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

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...

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 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 Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate...

The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate...