Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.