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  1. Apr 23, 2024 · FBI Agent Turned Russian Spy • Season 60 Episode 4. In 2001, Robert Hanssen’s spy career comes to a crashing halt after he’s arrested in the middle of a handoff to the Russians. It’s a massive win for the FBI, but not without its own fallout. FBI director Louis Freeh still needs to explain to the American public how Hanssen was able to ...

  2. Apr 28, 2024 · Uncover the shocking truth about Robert Hanssen, the FBI double agent who operated undetected for over 20 years. This video reveals the captivating story of ...

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  4. May 6, 2024 · Robert Hanssen (born April 18, 1944, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died June 5, 2023, Florence, Colorado) was an agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who was one of the Soviet Union ’s and Russia’s most valuable double agents and the most damaging spy ever to penetrate the FBI. Hanssen was the son of a police officer.

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  5. Robert Hanssen - An FBI agent who spied for Soviet/Russian intelligence services from 1979 to 2001, compromising numerous intelligence operations and sources. His betrayal was described as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history."

  6. TIL mole Robert Hanssen was caught because a tape the FBI paid $7 million in part to get contained a quote from a Patton speech, "the purple-pissing Japanese", and the agent listening to the tape remembered Hanssen using the same phrase once.

  7. Apr 27, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history ...

  8. May 14, 2024 · Robert P. Hanssen, FBI. Robert Philip Hanssen was a former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001. He pled guilty to 15 counts of espionage on July 6, 2001 and was sentenced to prison without the possibility of parole.

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