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Aldrich Ames Quotes

Aldrich Ames quotes about people

American Criminal June 19, 1941

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I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time. You could call it liberal anti-communism. Aldrich Ames
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. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust. Aldrich Ames
To the extent that I considered the personal burden of harming the people who had trusted me, plus the Agency, or the United States, I wasn't processing that. Aldrich Ames
I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving them people that I knew were their double agents fed to us. 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
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
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

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