Aldrich Ames
2026-01-05
Aldrich Ames was an American CIA officer who became a Soviet and Russian double agent, causing one of the most damaging U.S. intelligence breaches of the Cold War era.
Quotes by Aldrich Ames
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The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.
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The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
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I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.
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Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.
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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.
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