Epstein Secrets

nd. The operation's logic was influenced by James Jesus Angleton's worldview, which held that the absenc

, which held that the absence of evidence could indicate a skilled concealment, leading to a mole hunt that damaged trust and careers. The cases of Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Yuri Nosenko illustrate the dangers of recursive logic and the need for 360-degree vision in counterintelligence, where the sea

nd. The operation's logic was influenced by James Jesus Angleton's worldview, which held that the absenc

, which held that the absence of evidence could indicate a skilled concealment, leading to a mole hunt that damaged trust and careers. The cases of Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Yuri Nosenko illustrate the dangers of recursive logic and the need for 360-degree vision in counterintelligence, where the sea

espionage services. When I was interviewing James Jesus Angleton—the CIA’s legendary ex- counterintellige

n moles eluded long, intensive investigations. Rob- ert Hanssen penetrated the FBI for over twenty years for the KGB without being caught. Similarly, Aldrich Ames acted as a KGB mole @ in the CIA for more than ten years and passed all the CIA’s sophisti- @ cated lie detector tests. Both Hanssen and Ames eluded

y specialized corporate “head- hunters,” as James Jesus Angleton described the process to me during the C

TO SNOWDEN’S THEFT of NSA documents, the single most shattering blow to the confidence of the U.S. intelligence com- munity was the 1994 exposure of Aldrich Ames as a long-serving Russian mole in the CIA. Ames, it will be recalled, had been a high- ranking CIA officer, working at the CIA’s Counterintelligence

res that sprung from the “paranoid mind” of James Jesus Angleton. When I then cited the signature line fr

d intensive investigations for many decades. Robert Hanssen served as a KGB penetration in the FBI for over 20 years without being caught. Similarly, Aldrich Ames, acted as a KGB mole in the CIA for more than ten years, and passed all the CIA’s sophisticated lie detector tests. Both Hanssen and Ames eluded inte

estic intelligence in the war on drugs; and James Jesus Angleton: Was He Right (Fast Track Press/EJE Publ

of evidence is...” —Carl Sagan, Cosmos (Random House, New York) 1980. P. 49 15. “We have many notable cases...” For the cases of Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames, see Appendix A 16. “The greatest trick the...”—Author’s interview with Victor Cherkashin. The quote from Zhe Usual Suspects was adopted by the movi