Agency Quote by Aldrich Ames

I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet…

— Aldrich Ames

Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union.

— Aldrich Ames

“Russian espionage directed against the West has been rising since 2001. We kind of forgot that you don’t need communism to set up an…

— Charles Stross

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…

— Aldrich Ames

“Clancy comments that the subtleties of national character can impact the world stage by making espionage more difficult. Americans were quirky by nature, making…

— Tom Clancy

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the…

— Aldrich Ames

By the 1970s, Western sanctions had hollowed out the Soviet economy. Ultimately, however, what brought down the Soviets was their inability to repair the…

— Erin O'Toole

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

— Anthony Horowitz

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence.

— John le Carre

“For many years there have been rumours of mind control experiments. in the United States. In the early 1970s, the first of the declassified…

— Cheryl Hersha

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

— Aldrich Ames

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to…

— Aldrich Ames