Aren’t you a little bit touchy yourself? During the Cold War espionage is the core mission of any intelligence agency. Anything can be acquired - bought or stolen, would be acquired. That wasn’t bad or a sin. That was the reality. Whether they became products is another matter.

The US was well ahead of the Soviets on technology advancement. That was indisputable. So KGB had to work harder than CIA on this front. Doesn’t mean the concept is foreign to CIA