Aldrich Ames Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Aldrich Ames quotes and sayings page 4 (criminal). These are the last 8 out of 38 quotes we have.
“The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap.”
“When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties.”
“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.”
“When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement.”
“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.”
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