So I watched the movie *Breach *last night and I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a good book about this guy and what he did. Sounds interesting.
Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI’s Robert Hanssen Betrayed America, by David Wise.
I’m reading it right now.
This guy Hanssen is a nut job, plain and simple.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
Come on dude spoiler alert
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
Come on dude spoiler alert
I was just about to watch the 30 for 30 too.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
He must have known things about Hunter.
I regret that he had but one life to lose for his country.
The FBI seems to be really bad at their jobs sometimes.
In 1990, Hanssen’s brother-in-law, Mark Wauck, who was also an FBI employee, recommended to the FBI that Hanssen be investigated for espionage because his sister, Hanssen’s wife, told him that her sister, Jeanne Beglis, had found a pile of cash on a dresser in the Hanssens’ house. Bonnie had previously told her brother that Hanssen once talked about retiring in Poland, then part of the Eastern Bloc. Wauck also knew that the FBI was hunting for a mole and spoke with his supervisor, who took no action
When the USSR disbanded in December 1991, Hanssen, possibly worried that he could be exposed during the ensuing political upheaval, ended communications with his handlers for a time. The following year, after the Russian Federation assumed control of the defunct Soviet spy agencies, Hanssen made a risky approach to the GRU, with whom he had not been in contact in ten months. He went to the Russian embassy in person and physically approached a GRU officer in the parking garage. Hanssen, carrying a package of documents, identified himself by his Soviet code name, “Ramon Garcia”, and described himself as a “disaffected FBI agent” who was offering his services as a spy. The Russian officer, who evidently did not recognize the code name, drove away. The Russians then filed an official protest with the U.S State Department, believing Hanssen to be a triple agent. Despite having shown his face, disclosing his code name, and revealing his FBI affiliation, Hanssen escaped arrest when the FBI’s investigation into the incident did not advance.
Hanssen continued to take risks in 1993 when he hacked into the computer of a fellow FBI agent, Ray Mislock, printed out a classified document from Mislock’s computer and took the document to Mislock, saying, “You didn’t believe me that the system was insecure.” Hanssen’s superiors were not amused and began an investigation. In the end, officials believed his claim that he was merely demonstrating flaws in the FBI’s security system.
Three years later, convicted FBI mole Earl Edwin Pitts told the FBI that he suspected Hanssen due to the Mislock incident. Pitts was the second FBI agent to mention Hanssen by name as a possible mole, but superiors were still unconvinced, and no action was taken
IT personnel from the National Security Division’s IIS Unit were sent to investigate Hanssen’s desktop computer after a reported failure. NSD chief Johnnie Sullivan ordered the computer impounded after it seemed to have been tampered with. A digital investigation found that an attempted hacking had occurred using a password cracking program installed by Hanssen, which caused a security alert and lockup. After confirmation by the FBI CART Unit, Sullivan filed a report with the Office of Professional Responsibility requesting the further investigation of Hanssen’s attempted hack. Hanssen claimed he was trying to connect a color printer to his computer but needed the password cracker to bypass the administrative password. The FBI believed his story, and Hanssen was merely given a warning
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
He must have known things about Hunter.
Or about other figures…
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
Good riddance.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
I assume your hatred of him comes from the fact he told the KGB to model their leadership on Richard J Daley?
But once again, it is evidence to distrust any Opus Dei member or any just anyone attending Catholic mass everyday.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
I assume your hatred of him comes from the fact he told the KGB to model their leadership on Richard J Daley?
But once again, it is evidence to distrust any Opus Dei member or any just anyone attending Catholic mass everyday.
Well done sir!. I haven’t a clue about assigning points windstyle, but this response deserves mucho points.
I am somewhat sure your assumption falls short though.
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
Come on dude spoiler alert
The Rosenbergs were executed too
He’s dead. Died alone in a concrete cell in a supermax prison serving a life sentence for betraying his country.
He must have known things about Hunter.
Or about other figures…
3 points