Introducing - Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

CBS News

History, Government, True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Robert Hanssen was a conundrum - an FBI agent and self-proclaimed patriot who became the most damaging spy in the bureau's history. Amid the nuclear threat of the Cold War, America's prized secrets were falling into the hands of its sworn enemy—the Kremlin. The FBI's hunt for the leak led to an astonishing discovery—the mole was one of its own. In this 8-episode limited series, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett delves into the life of Robert Hanssen and unravels the chilling - and deadly - truth about his many contradictions. Listen to Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Robert Hansen was a suburban dad.
0:04.0	He had a dog, six kids went to church on Sundays
0:07.0	and during the week, too.
0:09.0	He was a solid citizen, extremely reliable.
0:12.0	Hansen worked a government job,
0:14.0	out the door by six, back by six at night, predictable.
0:18.0	He was as regular as pie.
0:20.0	Robert Hansen was also something else.
0:24.0	Finish this sentence.
0:25.0	Robert Philip Hansen was...
0:28.0	The most damaging spy in FBI history.
0:31.0	For decades, Robert Hansen, an FBI agent,
0:34.0	traded away classified secrets to Moscow for cash and diamonds.
0:39.0	His espionage contributed to the execution of at least three individuals,
0:43.0	and he caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage
0:46.0	to the United States intelligence programs.
0:48.0	He violated everything that my FBI stood for.
0:52.0	Hansen's treachery spanned the height of the Cold War
0:55.0	and forced the FBI to hunt one of its own.
0:58.0	I said, you don't understand.
1:00.0	He's armed, and I'm not, and if I don't get up there before him,
1:03.0	it's game over.
	...

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