When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement.

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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 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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...