After all, an agent on the inside of a rival organization was always worth more, operationally speaking, than a loyal servitor in one’s own. - Charles E. Gannon

Whatever destiny we assign to ourselves also defines our doom. It is there, lurking, waiting, from the instantiation of sentience. It is the antipodal defect of the virtue we call 'foresight.'

I guess that, living in a sanitized world, you’ve forgotten this basic lesson: if you want to stay free or stay alive, never play by your opponent’s rules. Particularly when your opponent is more powerful than you are. Do the unexpected. Turn on your pursuer. Attack the attacker.

Caine has a serious flaw when it comes to working for the government.
"Which is?"
"Well, he has this real bad habit of telling the truth.