“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.” PeopleIdeasAttitudeCommunismAgencyTypicalAnti Communism Author:Aldrich Ames
“Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.” GuyPartyWesternAgentsAgencyOfficialsMinistryVolunteerNerdIntelligence Agencies Author:Aldrich Ames
“The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task.” TasksDifficultyUnionsAgencySovietSoviet UnionEspionageConducting Author:Aldrich Ames
“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.” CountryPoliticalStrongFeltGoneStrengthTendenciesAgencyVery StrongDisagreement Author: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.” PeopleStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesBurdenAgencyPlusTrustedProcessing Author:Aldrich Ames
