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Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust. – Aldrich Ames

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Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. – Aldrich Ames

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In my professional work with the Agency, by the late 70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agencys impact on American policy. – Aldrich Ames

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A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card. – Edgar A. Shoaff

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Its not my job to try and alter the directors style – hes in charge, and Ill always give him my trust. – Ewan McGregor

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Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. – Henry James Sumner Maine

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