Rick Spence

The mere fact that they would want him, what he considered to be a first-rate organization would want him, satisfied his ego. And if I was to take a guess as to whether it was... ideological motivation, whether it was the romance of communism or whether it was the appeal of ego that was the most important in his career of treason, I'd go with ego. And I think that figures into a lot.

You know, people don't, someone doesn't get the promotions that they wanted. Again, if you look at something like Aldrich Ames' career in particular, you've got these kind of, his career in the CIA was hit or miss. He didn't get the postings or promotions that he wanted as a valuation. He never felt that he got credit for doing that.

You know, people don't, someone doesn't get the promotions that they wanted. Again, if you look at something like Aldrich Ames' career in particular, you've got these kind of, his career in the CIA was hit or miss. He didn't get the postings or promotions that he wanted as a valuation. He never felt that he got credit for doing that.

You know, people don't, someone doesn't get the promotions that they wanted. Again, if you look at something like Aldrich Ames' career in particular, you've got these kind of, his career in the CIA was hit or miss. He didn't get the postings or promotions that he wanted as a valuation. He never felt that he got credit for doing that.

And that's the type of thing that tends to stick in someone's craw and can lead for egotistical reasons and added incentive to betray.

And that's the type of thing that tends to stick in someone's craw and can lead for egotistical reasons and added incentive to betray.

And that's the type of thing that tends to stick in someone's craw and can lead for egotistical reasons and added incentive to betray.

You're the only one that knows that the person who is sitting across from you to which you have sworn your loyalty, you are simultaneously betraying. What a rush that must be for some people.

You're the only one that knows that the person who is sitting across from you to which you have sworn your loyalty, you are simultaneously betraying. What a rush that must be for some people.

You're the only one that knows that the person who is sitting across from you to which you have sworn your loyalty, you are simultaneously betraying. What a rush that must be for some people.

It can also be a combination of the two. I mean, you can create a recipe of these things.

It can also be a combination of the two. I mean, you can create a recipe of these things.

It can also be a combination of the two. I mean, you can create a recipe of these things.

Certain amount of money, ego, and a little push of coercion.

Certain amount of money, ego, and a little push of coercion.

Certain amount of money, ego, and a little push of coercion.

If you look at both the Okhrana and the KGB, one of the things that you find consistent is that a single organization handled foreign intelligence, that is, spying upon hostile governments, and also internal security. So that's all part of it. Whereas if you look at the U.S.

If you look at both the Okhrana and the KGB, one of the things that you find consistent is that a single organization handled foreign intelligence, that is, spying upon hostile governments, and also internal security. So that's all part of it. Whereas if you look at the U.S.

If you look at both the Okhrana and the KGB, one of the things that you find consistent is that a single organization handled foreign intelligence, that is, spying upon hostile governments, and also internal security. So that's all part of it. Whereas if you look at the U.S.

models that evolves, you eventually have the FBI, who under Hoover, quite insists that he's going to be the counterintelligence force. If there are commie spies running around America, it's the FBI who's supposed to ferret them out. The CIA is not supposed to be involved in that.