Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.
I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.
Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence.
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.
I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight.
I could have been a top notch spy. People confess the most amazing secrets to me, even when I am not fishing for those nuggets. I must look trustworthy because I sit there with a video camera or a tape recorder while the stories pour out.
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.
I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that I thought could endanger anyone.
I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.
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