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.
Aldrich AmesBy the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.
Aldrich AmesForeign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.
Aldrich Ames