inept spy

[Mark Hittinger]

TC May writes:

>The moral: If you're planning to pass secrets to the Russians, learn
>some tradecraft! (I was amazed at the ineptness of Ames, a senior CIA
>guy, in leaving such a trail. And amazed at the ineptness of his
>superior at the Agency for not checking up on him (they flutter
> ..
>Don't _any_ of them read Ludlum?

I think we all need to pay close attention to this.  Perhaps he wanted to
get caught - perhaps the russians wanted us to find out - perhaps we are
not getting the whole story.  I know something funny is up with regards to
the "timing" of this thing coming out.