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Listen Now—Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Here’s a preview of a new podcast I think you’ll enjoy. 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, special agent Robert Hanssen. For two decades, Hanssen masqueraded as a devoted patriot while ruthlessly selling out his country, trading classified intelligence to the Soviet Union and later Russia, in exchange for cash and diamonds. He was a whirlwind of contradictions—a self-proclaimed patriot and a traitor; a family man who sexually betrayed his wife; an ardent man of God and a sinner. In this CBS News limited series, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett delves into the double life of Robert Hanssen and unravels the chilling truth about the most damaging spy in FBI history. Listen to Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Javier.

0:07.2

I have a special treat for you because, you know, I'm always looking for new podcasts.

0:12.4

And I know that if I like podcasts about spies, I think you're going to like it too.

0:17.8

So I wanted to let you know about this one.

0:19.6

It's a new podcast by CBS News.

0:22.8

It's called the agent of betrayal, the double life of Robert Hansen.

0:27.0

And I think you're really going to love it.

0:28.2

If you like the Anamonte series, this Cuban spy, you're really going to like this because

0:33.4

Robert Hansen, he is definitely, when you think of American spies, that's who you think

0:38.4

of.

0:39.4

Robert Hansen is such a complicated character.

0:43.3

He's a family man who sexually betrayed his wife, a man of God, and a sinner, a self-proclaimed

0:50.4

patriot, and a traitor agent of betrayal tells the story of how amid the nuclear threat

0:56.6

of a Cold War, Hansen, an FBI agent, leaked America's most precious secrets to the country's

1:03.2

sworn enemy, Moscow, in exchange for cash and precious gems.

1:08.7

Hosts and CBS News correspondent, Major Garrett, spent two years researching Hansen and talking

1:14.4

to over 40 of his family, friends, and colleagues, including the guy who caught him.

1:20.0

It's a wild story, one that left Hansen known as the most damaging spy in FBI history.

1:26.5

Here's the first episode, so if you like what you hear, you can find new episodes of the

1:31.9

agent of betrayal, the double life of Robert Hansen, from CBS News on Thursdays available

1:38.2

wherever you get your podcasts.

1:42.7

The phone rang early Sunday morning.

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