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.
Aldrich AmesI 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.
Aldrich AmesNo one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.
Aldrich AmesMy little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names of some people we've recruited.
Aldrich Ames