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> [The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-difficulties-of-conducting-espionage-against-the-soviet-union-in/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

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## More by Aldrich Ames

> [I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet Union was significantly helped by the information I gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/i-said-in-court-a-long-time-ago-that-i-didn-t-see-that-the-soviet/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-u-s-is-so-far-as-i-know-the-only-nation-which-places-such/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/i-came-into-the-agency-with-a-set-of-ideas-and-attitudes-that-were/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/when-i-got-the-money-the-whole-burden-descended-on-me-and-the/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-fbi-to-its-credit-in-a-self-serving-sort-of-way-rejects-the/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-soviet-union-did-not-achieve-victory-over-the-west-so-was-my/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-human-spy-in-terms-of-the-american-espionage-effort-had-never/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/our-soviet-espionage-efforts-had-virtually-never-or-had-very-seldom/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-national-security-state-has-many-unfair-and-cruel-weapons-in-its/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/in-my-professional-work-with-the-agency-by-the-late-70s-i-had-come-to/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names of some people we've recruited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/my-little-scam-in-april-85-went-like-this-give-me-50-000-here-s-some/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/there-are-so-many-things-a-large-intelligence-espionage-organization/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/foreign-ministry-guys-don-t-become-agents-party-officials-the-foreign/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to the full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/i-knew-quite-well-when-i-gave-the-names-of-our-agents-in-the-soviet/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

> [When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/when-i-handed-over-the-names-and-compromised-so-many-cia-agents-in/)

[Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/)

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