The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.
More Quotes from Aldrich Ames:
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.Aldrich Ames
The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
Aldrich Ames
The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.
Aldrich Ames
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation.
Aldrich Ames
Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.
Aldrich Ames
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: People Quotes, Rejection QuotesBased on Keywords: polygraph, self-serving
And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.
Heston Blumenthal
So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work.
Joseph Bologna
Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here because, you know, I played two feet from people all night. And after all those years, it's great to be able to talk to folks.
Bill Kreutzmann