Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. – 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
Lets say a Soviet exchange student back in the 70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that hed seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage theres no betrayal of trust. – 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 Union. – Aldrich Ames