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“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.”

Quote by Aldrich Ames

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Aldrich Ames, born on May 26, 1941, is an individual of an unknown profession. more

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