Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen was one of the most damaging spies in US history.
Robert Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive on Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
‘Staff requested emergency medical services and life-saving efforts continued,’ stated Bureau of Prisons Director of Communications Kristie Breshears, according toHanssen was serving a life sentence at at a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. He was among spies who inflicted the most damage ever to the US.
The Soviets approached Hanssen three years after he started working for the FBI. He began spying for the KGB, the former Soviet secret police, in 1979, as well as the successor SVR. Hanssen stopped spying several years later when his wife confronted him, but picked it back up in 1985.Breaking story, check back for updates…
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