The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away… — Aldrich Ames Agency Copy Share Image
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of… — Aldrich Ames Europe Copy Share Image
I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on… — Aldrich Ames Economic Copy Share Image
Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not… — Aldrich Ames Anxiety Copy Share Image
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and… — Aldrich Ames Desperation Copy Share Image
Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. — Aldrich Ames Credit Copy Share Image
No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me. — Aldrich Ames Arms Copy Share Image
By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms… — Aldrich Ames Charter Copy Share Image
Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and… — Aldrich Ames Betrayal Copy Share Image
I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving… — Aldrich Ames Agents Copy Share Image
Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed… — Aldrich Ames Hurt Copy Share Image
I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union. — Aldrich Ames Agents Copy Share Image
