--- title: "4 Kgb Quotes By Aldrich Ames" description: "4 Kgb quotes by Aldrich Ames. Plus more from Aldrich Ames and more Kgb sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the_2085772.png" --- > [The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the-kgb-were-the-names-of-two/) [Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the_2085772.png) > [Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/let-s-say-a-soviet-exchange-student-back-in-the-70s-would-go-back-and/) [Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/aldrich-ames-16838_betrayal_let-s-say-a-soviet-exchange-student-back_3044451.png) > [I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/i-saw-a-limit-to-what-i-was-giving-as-kind-of-a-scam-i-was-running-on/) [Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_i-saw-a-limit-to-what-i-was-giving-as-ki_3065839.png) > [Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/perhaps-my-information-hurt-the-soviet-union-more-than-it-helped-i/) [Aldrich Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldrich-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/aldrich-ames-16838_hurt_perhaps-my-information-hurt-the-soviet-u_3122806.png) ## Other authors on Kgb - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-carville-46174.jpg) James Carville 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kgb/james-carville/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kgb/aldrich-ames/#itemlist", "name": "4 Kgb Quotes By Aldrich Ames", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aldrich Ames" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldrich-ames/the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the-kgb-were-the-names-of-two/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the_2085772.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the_2085772.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/aldrich-ames-16838_agents_the-only-thing-i-ever-withheld-from-the_2085772.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and…” — Aldrich Ames", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. 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