The Fake Job that Trapped FBI Agent Robert Hanssen in Moscow Spy Scandal

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The Fake Job that Trapped FBI Agent Robert Hanssen in Moscow Spy Scandal
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Robert Hanssen, one of the most damaging spies in the history of the FBI, leaked top secrets to Moscow for nearly 20 years - betrayals that the agency says cost lives. Hanssen had studied Russian in college and began working for the FBI in 1976. Within a decade, he was double-crossing the bureau. Starting in 1985, Hanssen operated as a destructive mole within the US government, selling top secret documents to the USSR and Russia, and compromising the identities of undercover spies.

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