Foreign Ministry guys don’t become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. less than 1 minute read
We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn’t support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. less than 1 minute read
The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don’t understand what the real problems are. less than 1 minute read
There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it could result in results. less than 1 minute read
Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union. less than 1 minute read
In my professional work with the Agency, by the late ’70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency’s impact on American policy. less than 1 minute read
Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you’ll find it. It’s there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film. less than 1 minute read
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. less than 1 minute read
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. less than 1 minute read
