罗伯特·阿什福德（Robert Ashford）拥有叛徒所必需的关键特征之一。他认为自己比其他所有人都聪明。这使受过受过受过教育的职业官僚卖出了自己的国家，因为他相信自己知道什么对他的国家和人民最有利。
(Robert Ashford possessed one of the key character flaws necessary to a traitor. He thought he was smarter than everyone else. This allowed the overeducated career bureaucrat to sell out his own country, because he believed he knew what was best for his nation and its people.)