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Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

The Spy Next Door

Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

CBS News

History, Government, True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Robert Hanssen lived in suburbia with six kids and his wife Bonnie. They had a dog, a nice house and went to church on Sundays. Outwardly, it appeared to be an ordinary life. And for the most part, it was. Until Hanssen, an FBI special agent, turned and offered his services to the Soviets.

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0:49.8

The phone rang early Sunday morning. It was Eric O'Neil's supervisor at the FBI.

0:54.8

He says, I need to meet with you. I said, okay, I'll come downtown, I'll come to the office

1:00.0

and you can tell me what's up. He said, no, you don't need to. I'm parked right outside.

1:05.2

This was December 2000. I don't know, it was still relatively new to the FBI.

1:09.8

Now, he was used to weekend calls from work, but never had a boss come to his apartment in Washington.

1:17.0

Now I was scared, because this doesn't happen. I don't think anyone's ever showed up at

1:21.6

someone's house on a Sunday unless they were arresting them. Do you work probably walking out of

1:25.5

your door in a cold sweat? Right, oh yes, absolutely. I mean, I'm tracking every target,

1:30.6

looking at top of buildings, thinking, you know, like, where are they? But it was just Eric's boss

1:36.0

in his car. He looks at me and he says, have you ever heard of a guy named Bob Hanson?

1:42.2

And I said no, and he said, good, because we want you to work undercover and help us catch him.

1:49.4

Robert Hanson wasn't your typical suspect. He was a self-proclaimed patriot,

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