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"Robert Philip Hanssen thought he was smarter than the system. For decades the quirky but respected counterintelligence expert, religious family man, and father of six sold top-secret information to agents of the Soviet Union and Russia. A self-taught computer expert, Hanssen often encrypted his stolen files on wafer-thin disks.
The data - some six thousand pages of highly classified documents - revealed precious nuclear secrets, outlined American espionage initiatives, and named names of agents - spies who covertly worked for both sides.".
"Soviet government leaders and their successors in the Russian Federation used the stolen information to undermine U.S. policies and to eliminate spies in their own ranks. Moscow did not allow their moles the luxury of a defense: at least two men named by Hanssen were executed; a third languished for years in a Siberian hard-labor camp.".
"For more than twenty years Bob Hanssen was the perfect spy. He personally collected at least $600,000 from his Russian handlers, while another $800,000 was deposited in his name at a Moscow bank. Along with the cash came Rolex watches and cut diamonds. The money financed both his children's education at schools run by the elite and ultra-conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei and an inexplicably strange fling with a former Ohio "stripper of the year."".
"But he didn't just do it for the money; he did it for the thrill and for a mysterious third reason rooted in religious mysticism. He lacked the people skills to play office politics, and it seemed the aging FBI analyst faced a disappointing career mired in middle management. Instead he chose to become one of the most dangerous spies in America's history. And no one suspected him until just weeks before his arrest.".
"Robert Philip Hanssen thought he was smarter than the system. And until February 18, 2001, he was right. That's when federal agents surrounded him while he was attempting to complete an exchange with his handlers at a Virginia park. When the G-men captured their mark, they catapulted the once-innocuous bureaucrat onto the front pages of every newspaper in America. The most notorious spy since the Rosenbergs had finally become a victim of his own undoing.".
"Now, drawing on more than one hundred interviews with Bob Hanssen's friends, colleagues, coworkers, and family members, as well as confidential sources, bestselling author Adrian Havill tells the entire story as only he can. The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold tells not only how Hanssen did it, but why."--BOOK JACKET.
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Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FBI Double Agent Robert Hanssen
2002, St. Martin's Press
in English
1429975202 9781429975209
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The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FBI Double Agent Robert Hanssen
November 18, 2002, St. Martin's Paperbacks, St. Martin's, Palgrave Macmillan
Mass Market Paperback
in English
0312986297 9780312986292
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The Spy Who Stayed out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FBI Double Agent Robert Hanssen
September 25, 2001, St. Martin's Press
Hardcover
in English
0312287828 9780312287825
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