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crime2 years ago

The Spy and the Scandal: The Life and Death of Robert Hanssen.

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia, has died in prison at the age of 79. He was serving 15 life terms without parole for his crimes, which included leaking over 6,000 pages of secrets to the Kremlin’s intelligence services. Hanssen betrayed America and the wider Western security network not for ideological reasons but for money and the sheer excitement of putting one over on the bosses he bitterly resented for assigning him to a desk job.

via Daily Mail|
#betrayal#crime#double-agent
crime2 years ago

The Life and Death of Robert Hanssen, FBI Agent and Russian Spy.

Robert Hanssen, an American spy charged with spying for Moscow and spilling some of the nation’s most guarded secrets for money and diamonds, befriended Priscilla Sue Galey, a stripper, and showered her with nearly $100,000 in fine jewelry, a sparkling silver Mercedes-Benz sedan, a trip to Hong Kong and cash. Galey said Hanssen did not ask for anything in return, adding that the devoted family man never once wanted sex and tried repeatedly to bring her closer to God.

via The Washington Post|
#crime#espionage#fbi
crime2 years ago

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

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.

via BBC|
#crime#espionage#fbi
crime2 years ago

The James Bond aspirations and downfall of FBI agent Robert Hanssen.

Robert Hanssen, a notorious double agent who was convicted of spying for Russia in 2002, has died in prison at the age of 79. Hanssen's downfall rocked the intelligence community and shocked the country. Eric O'Neill, an FBI newcomer who helped convict Hanssen, said he regretted not being able to confront him one last time. Hanssen was a counterintelligence supervisor and a devout Catholic, but also a sexual deviant who invited his best friend to watch him have sex with his wife on a secretly installed television system she never knew about.

via Daily Mail|
#breach#crime#eric-oneill
crime2 years ago

Convicted Russian spy Robert Hanssen dies in prison

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of espionage and spying for Russia, has died in prison at the age of 79. He had been serving a life sentence without parole since 2002 after pleading guilty to 15 counts of espionage and other charges. Hanssen divulged a wealth of information about American intelligence-gathering, including extensive detail about how U.S. officials had tapped into Russian spy operations, since at least 1985. He received more than $1.4 million in cash, bank funds, diamonds, and Rolex watches in exchange for providing highly classified national security information to the Soviet Union and later Russia.

via POLITICO|
#crime#espionage#fbi
crime2 years ago

Convicted spy Robert Hanssen passes away behind bars.

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, has died in prison at the age of 79. He had been serving a life sentence without parole since 2002 after pleading guilty to 15 counts of espionage and other charges. Hanssen divulged a wealth of information about American intelligence-gathering, including extensive detail about how U.S. officials had tapped into Russian spy operations, since at least 1985. He received more than $1.4 million in cash, bank funds, diamonds, and Rolex watches in exchange for providing highly classified national security information to the Soviet Union and later Russia.

via NPR|
#crime#espionage#fbi
crime2 years ago

Infamous Russian Spy and FBI Agent Robert Hanssen Found Dead in Prison

Robert Hanssen, the former FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years, was found dead in his prison cell at the age of 79. He had been sentenced to life in prison in 2002 after being caught selling classified information. Hanssen had compromised numerous human sources, intelligence techniques, and classified U.S. documents in exchange for over $1.4 million in cash, bank funds, and diamonds.

via Reuters|
#crime#fbi#prison
obituary2 years ago

Convicted Russian Spy Robert Hanssen Found Dead in Prison at 79

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for spying for Moscow during and after the Cold War, was found dead in his cell in a federal prison in Colorado on Monday. He was 79. Hanssen had been in custody at the Florence lockup, maximum security facility, since July 17, 2002, after he was sentenced to life in prison without parole in May of that year after pleading guilty to 15 counts of espionage.

via The New York Times|
#cold-war#espionage#fbi
crime2 years ago

Convicted spy for Russia, Robert Hanssen, found dead in prison at 79.

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of espionage and considered one of the most damaging spies in US history, has been found dead in a Colorado prison at the age of 79. Hanssen had been sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for spying for Russia and had compromised numerous human sources, counterintelligence techniques, investigations, and dozens of classified US government documents. He had been due to retire when the FBI caught him "red handed" by giving him a fake assignment and monitoring him with hidden cameras and microphones.

via BBC|
#aldrich-hazen-ames#crime#espionage
politics2 years ago

Former FBI Agent and Russian Spy Robert Hanssen Dies at 79.

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, has been found dead in his prison cell at the age of 79. Hanssen was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and later Russia. He was serving a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. Hanssen resumed spying in 1985, selling thousands of classified documents that compromised human sources and counterintelligence techniques and investigations in exchange for more than $1.4 million in cash, diamonds and foreign bank deposits.

via CBS News|
#fbi#obituary#politics