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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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 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...

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...

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...