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Robertson, Graysuit, "B", This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 21:42. In short, the trusted insider betrayed his trust without detection. All his six children went to schools linked with Opus Dei. He was paid handsomely by the Soviets. In fact, when his father passed away, Hansen inherited 17 guns from him as well. Yet some investigators believed anger about how his father treated him as a child triggered a need to rebel against authority. His Russian contacts and Hanssen were highly trained in espionage techniques and were able to work together without ever meeting. The evidence against him was overwhelming, and to avoid the death penalty, Hanssen confessed and agreed to be debriefed by American intelligence officials. 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Authorities say Hanssen was driven by greed, but Brookner rejected that assertion. Hanssen then began to videotape his sexual encounters secretly and shared the videotapes with Hoschouer. On August 10, 1968, he married Bernadette "Bonnie" Wauck, a dedicated catholic. [20] In 1985, Hanssen was again transferred to the FBI's field office in New York, where he continued to work in counterintelligence against the Soviets. I have hurt so many deeply. At present he is serving his fifteen successive life terms at a federal supermax prison, the ADX Florence. Brookner said that the only time Bonnie Hanssen harbored any suspicions about her husbands activities came around 1979 or 1980, when they lived in Scarsdale, N.Y. She walked in on him and he covered up some papers, so she got suspicious, Brookner said. Interestingly, Hansen got married twice. Hanssen ensured that he did not reveal himself with his study, but in addition, he gave the entire studyincluding the list of all Soviets who had contacted the FBI about FBI molesto the KGB in 1988. Apparently, even though Hansen was naturally a left-handed person, he was always forced to use his right hand, making his speech problems worse. The ensuing investigation confirmed this suspicion. He once said in a letter to the KGB that it should emulate the management style of Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daleya comment that easily could have led an investigator to look at people from Chicago. Updated These reports went nowhere, however (via the New York Daily News). He also believed he heard noises on his car radio that indicated it was bugged, although the FBI was later unable to reproduce the noises Hanssen claimed to have heard. In early February 2001, he asked his friend at a computer technology company for a job. A reader replied to the blog, claiming to have been roommates with Hansen's daughter in the early 1990s, but this has yet to be substantiated. He often steered conversations to talk of religion and his very conservative values, which were aligned with the very conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei. As Hanssen walked back to his car, the arrest team rushed up and took him into custody. [66] Opus Dei member C. John McCloskey said he also occasionally attended the daily noontime Mass at the Catholic Information Center in downtown Washington. The FBI trusted him with some of the most sensitive secrets of the U.S. government, and instead of upholding that trust, he abused and betrayed it. At one point Hanssen spoke to a Russian agent over a pay phone, but they generally relied on placing signals in public places. Without the current unprecedented level of trust and cooperation between the CIA and FBI, making this case would not have been possible. In 1979, three years after joining the FBI, Hanssen approached the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to offer his services, beginning his first espionage cycle, lasting until 1981. Nor can there be any doubt that he was keenly aware of the gravity of his traitorous actions. His exposure explained many of the asset losses U.S. intelligence suffered during the 1980s, including the arrest and execution of Martynov and Motorin. Robert Phillip Hanssen was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 18, 1944. The Soviets, suspicious of being lured into a trap, demanded to meet him. Hanssen is a Special Agent of the FBI with a long career in counterintelligence. Heres a look at the life of convicted spy Robert Hanssen. In her statement, Bonnie Hanssen thanked government officials for allowing her to retain the pension and for recognizing that she and the children clearly are innocent victims.. In the face of worldwide publicity about one of the most damaging espionage breaches in U.S. history, Bonnie Hanssen, 54, has maintained a steadfast silence since her husband of nearly 30 years was arrested in February near their home in suburban Washington. Robert Hansen. The investigation was not fruitful and the FBI was unable to charge Bloch on any account. [30], In 1990, Hanssen's brother-in-law, Mark Wauck, who was also an FBI employee, recommended to the FBI that Hanssen be investigated for espionage because his sister, Hanssen's wife, told him that her sister, Jeanne Beglis, had found a pile of cash on a dresser in the Hanssens' house. While this arrest represents a counterintelligence investigative success, the complaint alleges that Hanssen located and removed undetected from the FBI substantial quantities of information that he was able to access as a result of his assignments. Through our cooperative efforts, the FBI and CIA were able to learn the true identity of Ramon and the FBI was able to conduct a solid investigation. May 10 Robert Hanssen, FBI agent turned Russian spy, is sentenced to life in prison On May 10, 2002, Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who intermittently sold state secrets to Russia over. Because of his experience and training as a counterintelligence agent, Hanssen went undetected for years, although some of his unusual activities had aroused suspicion from time to time. [14] The next year, Hanssen was transferred to counterintelligence and given the task of compiling a database of Soviet intelligence for the FBI. Hanssen became alarmed that a Russian with knowledge of his activities would tip off the Americans that a highly placed mole was operating within the FBI and the resultant investigation would lead to him. In 1979, three years after joining the FBI, Hanss January 12, 2001 - Hanssen is reassigned from counterintelligence to an obscure office at FBI headquarters. While their exact whereabouts are unknown to the public, it's suspected that they still live in the Midwest. Rifling through the rest of the files, they found notes of the mole using a quote from General George S. Patton about "the purple-pissing Japanese". While their exact whereabouts are unknown to the public, it's suspected that they still live in the Midwest. Robert Hanssen, FBI Agent Who Became a Soviet Mole. As Hanssen grew up, his father was reportedly verbally abusive to him, often ranting that he would never succeed in life. Both Ames and Hanssen compromised the names of KGB agents working secretly for the U.S., some of whom were executed for their betrayal. Hanssen's three sons attended The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland, an all-boys preparatory school. Hanssen would later claim that his goal was simply to make some extra money, as living in New York City was putting a financial squeeze on his growing family. [23] Martynov and Motorin were recalled to Moscow, where they were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of espionage against the Soviet government. [53] Upon being arrested, Hanssen asked, "What took you so long?" In 1971 he earned his Master in Business Administration in accounting and information systems. House Belonging To Former Spy Robert Hanssen Won't Sell. Undated file photo released by the FBI February 20, 2001 shows a package recovered at the 'Lewis' drop site containing $50,000 cash allegedly left by Russians for FBI Agent Robert Philip Hanssen. Although Hanssen was unaware of it, Ames had already exposed all three agents earlier that year. Robert J. McNamara is a history expert and former magazine journalist. McNamara, Robert. Hanssen disclosed this information to the Soviets in September 1989 and received a $55,000 payment the next month, equivalent to $120,232 in 2021. With the mole finally identified, locations, dates, and cases were matched with Hanssen's activities during the period. The Hanssens are active members of Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic group. 1972 - Joins the Chicago Police Department. His active and long stint as a Soviet spy began on October 1, 1985, when he sent an unsigned letter to KGB, where he mentioned the names of at least three agents of KGB who were covertly serving FBI. He often steered conversations to talk of religion and his very conservative values, which were aligned with the very conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei. In January 2001, Hanssen moved into a small office in FBI Headquarters secretly outfitted with surveillance cameras and microphones. For instance, a piece of adhesive tape placed on a sign in a park in Virginia would indicate that a package had been placed in a "dead drop" location, which was usually under a small footbridge in the park. Its difficult, but its better than seeing him put to death.. NSD chief Johnnie Sullivan ordered the computer impounded after it seemed to have been tampered with. "[55], Hanssen is Federal Bureau of Prisons prisoner #48551-083. Hanssen's wife, Bonnie, retired from teaching theology at Oakcrest in 2020. [38], The existence of two Russian moles working in the U.S. security and intelligence establishment simultaneouslyAmes at the CIA and Hanssen at the FBIcomplicated counterintelligence efforts during the 1990s. FBI career and first espionage activities (19761981), FBI counterintelligence unit, further espionage activities (19851991), Later FBI career, continued espionage activities (19922001), Lynch, Christopher, The C.I. Intelligence officials began debriefing Hanssen this week, defense attorney Preston Burton said Thursday. Further, the complaint alleges that Hanssen, using his training and experience to protect himself from discovery by the FBI, never met face-to-face with his Russian handlers, never revealed to them his true identity or where he worked, constantly checked FBI records for signs he and the drop sites he was using were being investigated, refused any foreign travel to meet with the Russians, and even declined to accept any trade craft. Hanssen never displayed outward signs that he was receiving large amounts of unexplained cash. Bonnie Hanssens first public statements on the case reveal both her anxiety over her husbands actions and her sense of relief over the fact that she and her six children will retain an estimated $39,000 a year from his government pension. In 1979, Hanssen approached the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and offered his services. [4][31], When the USSR disbanded in December 1991, Hanssen, possibly worried that he could be exposed during the ensuing political upheaval, ended communications with his handlers for a time. After her children endured relentless bullying at school, she decided that her best path led out of Alaska (via The Cinemaholic). Hanssen's section evaluated Soviet agents who volunteered to give intelligence to determine whether they were genuine or re-doubled agents. He relayed secret information to Russia regarding US intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Mark Wauck, an FBI employee and brother-in-law of Hanssen, prompted his superior in 1990 to investigate Hanssen after a heap of cash was found in Hanssens house, but no action was taken. Troubled by the incident, Bonnie Hanssen made her husband speak with a Catholic priest, who directed him to contribute money to Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun who ran a Calcutta charitable organization, as a form of penance, Brookner said. As alleged, he did so using a variety of sophisticated means of communication, encryption, and dead drops. Unlike Cold War spies of an earlier era, Hanssen claimed to have no political motivation for selling out his country. He went to the Russian embassy in person and physically approached a GRU officer in the parking garage. A few years later, they moved to Anchorage, Alaska, and had two children. The investigation that led to these charges is the direct result of the longstanding FBI/CIA efforts, ongoing since the Aldrich Ames case, to identify additional foreign penetrations of the United States Intelligence Community. Robert Hanssen moments after being arrested. After a stint of three years he was shifted to the Soviet Analytical Unit that delved in probing, recognising and catching Soviet agents in the US. That effort is complemented by substantial FBI proactive investigation of foreign service intelligence officers here and by the critical work done by the CIA. When in 1989 a State Department official, Felix Bloch came under the scrutiny of the FBI, Hanssen soon informed the KGB, who immediately snapped all ties with Bloch. Eric Michael O'Neill is an American former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative. Ames was arrested in 1994. While it did not contain Hanssen's name, among the information was an audiotape of a July 21, 1986, conversation between "B" and KGB agent Aleksander Fefelov. Instead, the 57-year-old defendant will be sentenced to life in prison without parole if he honors his pledge to tell the government all the secrets behind his two-decade career as a Russian spy. Robert Hanssen's business cards, chalk and thumb tacks, which he used to communicate with his Russian contacts, according to the FBI. When FBI agents observed this incriminating act, they rushed in to arrest Hanssen. Galey claims that although she offered to have sex with him, Hanssen declined, saying he was trying to convert her to Catholicism. On February 18, 2001, Hanssen was arrested and charged with committing espionage on behalf of Russia and the former Soviet Union. We dont know at this point what happened to that money, she said. The information he is alleged to have provided compromised numerous human sources, technical operations, counterintelligence techniques, sources and methods, and investigations, including the Felix Bloch investigation. Furthermore, she supported her husband when he was first incarcerated for theft, and then for abducting and sexually abusing a housewife and a prostitute (although the rape charge concerning the latter was dropped when he pleaded guilty.) His father, an officer of the Chicago police, often scorned and abused him emotionally. In 1979 he contacted the Soviet military intelligence, GRU, to offer his espionage. A TV movie called Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story was released in 2002. His application in the National Security Agency, for the post of a cryptographer, was rejected due to budget restrictions. Hanssen appeared to be a devoted anti-communist. At the Heights, McPherson told the family that they would not have to worry. The FBI entrusted him with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States Government and instead of being humbled by this honor, Hanssen has allegedly abused and betrayed that trust. The premise of The Frozen Ground is that a state trooper, played by Nicolas Cage, teams up with a surviving victim of a serial killerto bring him down. He was sentenced to life in prison. The one thing the father and son would eventually have in common is their interest in hunting. Hanssen's children returned to school within days of his arrest, family and friends said, to maintain their routines. Mislock has since theorized that Hanssen probably went onto his computer to see if his superiors were investigating him for espionage and invented the document story to cover his tracks. 1979 - Begins spying for the Soviet Union. After being imprisoned, Hanssen claimed he periodically admitted his espionage to priests in confession. For a while he was in contact with Priscilla Sue Galey, a stripper in Washington, who received cash, jewelry and other benefits from Hanssen. The crimes alleged are an affront not only to his fellow FBI employees but to the American people, not to mention the pain and suffering he has brought upon his family. The affidavit alleges that Hanssen voluntarily became an agent of the KGB in 1985 while assigned to the intelligence division at the FBI field office in New York City as supervisor of a foreign counterintelligence squad. Hanssen's superiors were not amused and began an investigation. Hanssen took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same, but he decided to violate that oath. Hansen opened a bakery and learned how to fly the small plane that he purchased. When told that he would have to take a lie detector test to join, Hanssen changed his mind. He then enrolled at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, to study dentistry but after three years shifted to business studies. Nor would many other intelligence and counterintelligence accomplishments that routinely but quietly contribute to the security of this Nation. The full extent of the damage done is yet unknown because no accurate damage assessment could be conducted without jeopardizing the investigation. Press Release - Veteran FBI Agent Arrested and Charged with Espionage, FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. Department of Justice. At least three Russian agents he identified had been executed, and it was suspected that he compromised dozens of intelligence operations. In school, he was bullied for his acne, girls would not talk to him, and he also developed a stutter. Hanssen was set to retire, so investigators had to move fast. The Russian officer, who evidently did not recognize the code name, drove away. Robert was described as a loner and a quiet person, and he had a strained relationship as well with his strict and dominating father. The couple, however, did not have a great relationship. May 9, 2002 4:00am. He also designated a code to be used when dates were exchanged. Our hearts go out to them. News reports at the time of his sentencing said American intelligence agencies were not entirely satisfied with the extent of his cooperation and believed he was holding back information. In 1999, the FBI even interrogated Kelley, his ex-wife, two sisters, and three children. Hanssen wanted to be posted to Allenwood in hopes that he might be visited frequently by his wife Bonnie and their six children. As a devout Catholic, Bonnie Hanssen feels that he needs time [in prison] to pray for forgiveness and be redeemed in some way, the wifes attorney, Janine Brookner, said in an interview. history. 2000 - The FBI identifies Hanssen from a fingerprint and from a tape recording supplied by a disgruntled Russian intelligence operative. Though the Russians made an official protest, he managed to get away with it as FBIs probe in this matter did not make any progress. Authorities said they are convinced that Bonnie Hanssen--unlike the wives of several other notorious U.S. spies who helped their husbands--was not involved in Hanssens spying. The Hanssen case was regarded as a low point for the FBI, especially as Hanssen had been so trusted and had committed such betrayals for so many years. Hanssen gave them the name of a Russian general, Dimitri Polyakov, who had been providing information to the Americans. in Chemistry, 1966; Attended Northwestern University Dental School, 1966-1968;. Hansen was first married in his native Iowa when he was in his early 20s (via The Cinemaholic). This wedded bliss was short-lived, however. But the government could not prove he had lied, and wishing to avoid a public trial, the government chose not to void his plea agreement. He established contact with the SVR (the successor to the Soviet-era KGB) during the autumn of 1999. This California farm kingdom holds a key, These are the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles, New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater. In what is now considered the largest intelligence breach in FBI history, Robert Hanssen's scandal made him millions in diamonds and cash, but cost the FBI $7 million and the lives of three informants. Hanssen also revealed a multimillion-dollar eavesdropping tunnel built by the FBI under the Soviet Embassy. In January 2001, Hanssen was given an office and an assistant, Eric O'Neill, who, in reality, was a young FBI surveillance specialist who had been assigned to watch Hanssen. On October 1, 1985, Hanssen sent an anonymous letter to the KGB offering his services and asking for $100,000 in cash, equivalent to $251,949 in 2021. Hanssen allegedly began spying for the Soviets in 1985 when, in his first letter to the KGB, he volunteered information that compromised several sensitive techniques. The FBI's codename for the suspected spy was "Graysuit". Still, he was not identified as a spy. He never indicated any political or ideological motive for his actions, telling the FBI after he was caught that his only motivation was financial. That could leave Bonnie Hanssen, who works part time at the Catholic girls' school that her youngest child attends, in dire straits. The agents working for him reported this breach to a supervisor, but no action was taken. By 1998, using FBI criminal profiling techniques, the pursuers suspected an innocent man: Brian Kelley, a CIA operative involved in the Bloch investigation. Darla was an extremely religious woman, and she felt that faith could be his way out. He was eventually placed on administrative leave, where he remained falsely accused until after Hanssen was arrested. With two children already out of school, the pension money will help Bonnie Hanssen support two children who are in college and two more still in high school, Brookner said. Imagine finding out that your husband is a ruthless serial rapist and murderer. Pitts was the second FBI agent to mention Hanssen by name as a possible mole, but superiors were still unconvinced, and no action was taken. While not identifying himself, he was able to gain their trust by initially providing information which the Soviets found both credible and valuable. [7] On July 6, 2001, he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of espionage, one count of attempted espionage, and one of conspiracy to commit espionage in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Hanssen later joined the Catholic organization Opus Dei[13] with like-minded individuals. He did well in his elective, Russian. We believe it was exceptionally grave. 1991 - Breaks off relations with the KGB. 2. Interestingly, after being relocated to Washington in 1987, he was delegated with a specific probe which actually meant searching for himself but he tactfully managed it. To get Hanssen back to FBI Headquarters where he could be closely monitored, Neil Gallagher, assistant director of the National Security Division at the time, called Hanssen to inform him of a bogus assignment to serve on his staff as a special assistant for a technology project. He is a public speaker and security [34], In 1994, Hanssen expressed interest in a transfer to the new National Counterintelligence Center, which coordinated counterintelligence activities. She left her children, Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric well taken care of, but she didn't leave . For unknown reasons[dubious discuss], the Soviets did not act against Polyakov until he was betrayed a second time by CIA mole Aldrich Ames in 1985. For more information:- Press Release - Veteran FBI Agent Arrested and Charged with Espionage- Affidavit- Statement ofFBI Director Louis J. Freeh on the Arrestof FBI Special Agent Robert Philip Hanssen (see below), Statement of FBI Director Louis J. Freeh On the Arrestof FBI Special Agent Robert Philip Hanssen, For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 20, 2001Washington D.C.FBI National Press Office. Robert Hanssen is a former FBI agent who sold highly classified material to Russian intelligence agents for decades before he was finally arrested in 2001. We particularly appreciate the unhesitating leadership and support of Attorney General Ashcroft from the moment he took office. Hansen would frequent the strip clubs in the area. This is particularly timely as we move to the next generation of automation to support the FBIs information infrastructure. They never lived the high life; they never even went out to dinner, she said. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much For many years, the CIA and FBI have been aggressively engaged in a sustained analytical effort to identify foreign penetrations of the Intelligence Community. . Hanssen met Bernadette "Bonnie" Wauck, a staunch Roman Catholic, while attending dental school at Northwestern. In his communications with the Russians (some of which were eventually made public after his arrest) he insisted on setting the terms of how he would communicate, pass information, and pick up money. 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