Eric Ambler's quote in the book, Light of Day. It goes, "The most underhanded, lying, untrustworthy, deceitful people are the ones one run the counterintelligence departments." Looking for correct..

I think that if I were asked to single out one specific group of men, on type, one category, as being the most suspicious, unbelieving, unreasonable, petty, inhuman, sadistic, double-crossing set of bastards in any language, I would say without any hesitation: "the people who run counter-espionage departments."

--Eric Ambler, The Light of Day

I think that if I were asked to single out one specific group of men, on type, one category, as being the most suspicious, unbelieving, unreasonable, petty, inhuman, sadistic, double-crossing set of bastards in any language, I would say without any hesitation: "the people who run counter-espionage departments."

--Eric Ambler, The Light of Day