The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are.

Quote by Aldrich Ames

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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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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 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.

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....

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...

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all...

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all...

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone...

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone...