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Aldrich Ames Quotes

Aldrich Ames quotes

American Criminal June 19, 1941

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Aldrich Ames quote: "The use of the polygraph has done little more than create..."
The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes. Aldrich Ames
The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. Aldrich Ames
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation. Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames quote: "My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000;..."
My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names of some people we've recruited. 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
By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter. Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames quote: "The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects..."
The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people. Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Ames quote: "The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had..."
The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent. Aldrich Ames
We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. 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 could result in results. Aldrich Ames
Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. 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 loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. 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 and perhaps defeated. Aldrich Ames
I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to do more than I already had: just the double agents' names that I gave. 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 machinery of counterespionage and the law, and then prosecution and capital punishment. Aldrich Ames

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