“Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust.” PeopleDoneStudentsInvolvedBetrayalSovietEspionageTrust No OneKgbBetrayal Of Trust Author:Aldrich Ames
“Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.” LowsEuropeWesternArguingDebateHistorianSovietInvasionLikelihoodGdpWestern Europe Author: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.” PoliticalFoundEffortEconomicUnionsSovietWorthwhileSoviet UnionEspionage Author:Aldrich Ames
“I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.” NamesUnionsAgentsSovietSoviet UnionCiaCia Agents Author:Aldrich Ames
“I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet Union was significantly helped by the information I gave them, nor that the United States was significantly harmed.” LongSaidStatesUnitedUnited StatesInformationLong TimeCourtUnionsSovietSoviet UnionLong Time Ago Author:Aldrich Ames
“Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with.” IdeasHurtInformationUnionsNo IdeaOfficersSovietSoviet UnionHurt FeelingsKgb 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
“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?” PlayHelpingRolesAchieveInformationParticularVictoryUnionsWestSovietSoviet UnionInadequate Author:Aldrich Ames
“I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to the full machinery of counterespionage and the law, and then prosecution and capital punishment.” WellsLawNamesUnionsPunishmentAgentsSovietSoviet UnionMachineryExposingCapital PunishmentProsecution Author:Aldrich Ames
