Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreig… — Quoted

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Aldrich Ames · Intelligence

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Aldrich Ames

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

Trust

Aldrich Ames

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.

Trust

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.

Intelligence

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?

Failure