Robert Hansson News Today

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Prison without the possibility of parole when he died today at the age of 79. given the type of high-level secret information that hansen gave first to the soviets and then to the russians, given the body count attributed to him, robert hanssens story is considered one of the most damaging u.s. intelligence disasters we have ever had as a country and weve had a few. it is also just one of the darkest stories that we have when it comes to intrigue about russia, and there are quite a few of those ...

But even that movie breach from 2007, even that good movie is nothing compared to the real-live footage. this is real footage. look here. of the real robert hanssen being arrested. when that nerves of steel operation inside the fbi to catch him in the act actually did catch him in the act. this is the actual moment when he was taken into custody. he was at a park in fairfax, virginia. a place called fox stone park. he had just left a dead drop for his russian handler. the fbi had been watching h...

Maybe learning about that his, to precedent can help us understand what otherwise feels overwhelming or super unfamiliar in todays news. thats the basic idea of the news podcast which is just launching today. with all the russia intrigue in todays news, right? with robert hanssen dying, this massively damaging russian spy, with the fake putin speech being mysteriously broadcast on russian tv and radio, with the dog eat dog between real russian soldiers and paid russian mercenaries who are suppos...

Tunnel under the soviet embassy in washington, d.c. basically, as a way of bugging the embassy so the u.s. could spy on them. robert hanssen told the soviets about that tunnel under their embassy, which of course, blew up that whole operation. in 2007, after he was in prison, this movie was made about the case. a movie called breach starring chris cooper as the spy. robert hanssen starring ryan philippe as this young go-getter fbi agent to whom hanssen was a huge jerk and gets assigned to this n...

Soviet and then russian handlers in washington. >> it represents the most traitorous actions available. >> the most traitorous actions imaginable. his name was robert hansson. he first joined the fbi in 1976. he moved up fast from the new york field office where he was first hired to fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. and the part of the fbi that he worked in, his sort of area of specialty was the part of the fbi that kept tabs on russia. that kept tabs on russia specifically running spies ins...

Handlers about the fact that the fbi and the nsa had built a seek tunnel under the soviet embassy in washington, d.c. basically, as a way of bugging the embassy so the u.s. could spy on them. robert hanssen told the soviets about that tunnel under their embassy, which of course, blew up that whole operation. in 2007, after he was in prison, this movie was made about the case. a movie called breach starring chris cooper as the spy. robert hanssen starring ryan philippe as this young go-getter fbi...

Classified information to his soviet and then russian handlers in washington. >> 24 criminal conduct alleged represents the most traitorous actions imaginable. >> the most traitorous actions imaginable. his name was robert hansson. he first joined the fbi in 1976. he moved up fast from the new york field office where he was first hired to fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. and the part of the fbi that he worked in, his sort of area of specialty was the part of the fbi that kept tabs on russia....

Which seems totally appropriate given the facts of the real world case. but even that movie breach from 2007, even that good movie is nothing compared to the real-live footage. this is real footage. look here. of the real robert hanssen being arrested. when that nerves of steel operation inside the fbi to catch him in the act actually did catch him in the act. this is the actual moment when he was taken into custody. he was at a park in fairfax, virginia. a place called fox stone park. he had ju...