Intelligence services often delegate dirty operations to USAID to avoid the requirement of presidential findings for covert actions.

“the reason so much of of the worst scandals that you find are are USA and why I always say when it's too dirty for the CIA you give it to us Aid is because the CIA needs to get presidential approval for every covert action they do they need to submit a pres there needs to be a presidential finding t”

He asserts that intelligence agencies must adhere to ethical boundaries and a legal framework to avoid becoming like the organizations they target.

“If you abandon ethics and say anything goes you become like the people that you were trying to penetrate and you have to have to maintain that sense of proportion necessity the law Etc”

Intelligence officials must maintain the courage to speak truth to power, even when it is uncomfortable for their political superiors.

“spies are useless if they're not prepared to speak truth to power.”