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The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my

The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory? – Aldrich Ames

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The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they dont understand what the real problems are. – Aldrich Ames

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Intelligence
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Aldrich Ames
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We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didnt support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. – Aldrich Ames

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Intelligence
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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

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Trust
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