Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79
Source: CBS News
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Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79
BY CAITLIN YILEK, PAT MILTON, ARDEN FARHI
UPDATED ON: JUNE 5, 2023 / 2:55 PM / CBS NEWS
Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Hanssen, 79, 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 was found unresponsive and staff immediately initiated life-saving measures, Bureau of Prisons Director of Communications Kristie Breshears said in a statement. ... "Staff requested emergency medical services and life-saving efforts continued," Breshears said. "The inmate was subsequently pronounced dead by outside emergency medical personnel."
Three years after he was hired by the FBI, Hanssen approached the Soviets and began spying in 1979 for the KGB and its successor, the SVR. He stopped a few years later after his wife confronted him.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-hanssen-dies-convicted-spying-for-russia-dead-age-79/
Hat tip, Tommy Carcetti in GD
A Supermax cell just opened up.
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