Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns; How I Became a Soviet Spy and Escaped My KGB Handlers

“I was going to serve the righteous cause. I was going to help free all the oppressed masses in the world and help accelerate the establishment of the worker’s paradise on earth. It’s a very romantic belief that has taken hold again among some young people: All people are good and if they steal or do bad things, it’s because of the circumstances. So, we just need to take the shackles off of the working class—the oppressed. And I believed in this, 100 percent,” says Mr. Barsky.