Cia Quote by Aldrich Ames

I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.

— Aldrich Ames

I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of [CIA] sources. They are, in my…

— George H. W. Bush

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

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

For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational…

— Harry S. Truman

When you're in the CIA, you anticipate the possibility that you'll be betrayed by a foreign government or a source, but you never anticipate…

— Valerie Plame

Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't…

— Jerry Brown

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had…

— Aldrich Ames

It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might…

— Nelson DeMille

“I am not arguing that the Soviet Union did not present a threat to the security of the United States. I am arguing that…

— James McCartney

Even heads of our own security agency said, you know, we need to take a deep breath on this. This really doesn't seem to…

— Jill Stein

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…

— Aldrich Ames