A 28-year-old reportedly trying to pass classified documents to a foreign government last week is the latest episode in a ...

Mr. Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison in 2002, bringing to a close one of the most lurid and damaging espionage cases in American history. By Peter Baker Peter Baker reported from Washington.

Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who led a double life as a Soviet spy, died in a prison cell this week. Hanssen may no longer be a household name, but he is still considered the most damaging spy in ...

“I just heard that the FBI’s most damaging spy Robert Hanssen, code name: Gray Day, passed away in his jail cell today,” O’Neill wrote. Eric O’Neill was a fresh face at the FBI when he ...

Robert Philip Hanssen, a former FBI agent who received more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for committing espionage on behalf of Moscow, has died in prison, the Federal Bureau of Prisons ...

Bob, an only child, was subjected to verbal and physical abuse by his hot-tempered father, according to “Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI’s Robert Hanssen Betrayed America” (2002 ...

open image in gallery In this artist depiction, U.S. Attorney Randy Bellows, right, addresses the court during the sentencing of convicted spy Robert Hanssen (William Hennessy, Jr.) His pedigree ...

Robert Hanssen, a turncoat American spy whose leaks to Moscow the FBI dubbed “possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history,” was found dead in prison Monday. Hanssen, 79 ...

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who became one ... He pleaded guilty that July to 13 counts of espionage, one count of attempted espionage, and one of conspiracy to commit espionage.

Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million ... In 2001, Hanssen pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy in exchange for the government not seeking the death ...

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"Robert Hanssen's death brings a somber end to one of the most infamous espionage cases in U.S. history," Javed Ali, former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council ...