John Kiriakou

in the act of recruiting a spy to steal a secret.

There's a process there that we called the asset acquisition cycle.

It was spot, assess, develop, recruit.

So you and I are at a diplomatic cocktail party.

I go up and introduce myself, just like I'm going to introduce myself to the other 50 people in the party.

But you happen to be from...

you know, North Korea or China or Russia or Cuba.

So you, I'd like to get to know.

And I'm going to invite you to lunch.

So I'm assessing your ability to have information that I would find useful.

And then I begin developing you.

That's the fun part, actually.

And that's the longest part of this, where we're going to start with lunch.

And then in a year's time or six months or 24 months or however long it takes me, I'm going to make you my best friend.

I'm going to spend a ridiculous amount of money on you.

We're going to vacation together.

Our wives are going to be friends.

Our children are going to play together.

And eventually, when the time feels right in my gut,

I'm gonna ask you to commit espionage for me.