Hanssen, a former counterintelligence supervisor for the FBI, pleaded guilty last week to 15 espionage-related charges and admitted that he had sold the Russians thousands of pages of national security secrets in exchange for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. For two children, that was devastating. However, Hanssen escaped notice, likely because these efforts concentrated on CIA agents rather than FBI agents. A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. For a time he planned to become a dentist, but eventually wound up obtaining an MBA and becoming an accountant. At work, he often spoke of his religious faith and conservative values, traits which helped him avoid any suspicion during the years that he was in secret communication with Russian spies. She sold their house and bakery in Alaska and shifted closer to her family in Arkansas after the children were getting bullied massively at their school. He also designated a code to be used when dates were exchanged. In 1981 he was assigned to the Budget Unit in the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. His job in the suburb of Vienna included electronic surveillance and wiretapping, which gave him more access to different FBI activities. Hanssen sold thousands of classified documents to the KGB that detailed U.S. strategies in the event of nuclear war, developments in military weapons technologies, and aspects of the U.S. counterintelligence program. A TV movie called Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story was released in 2002. I have hurt so many deeply. Hanssen is a Special Agent of the FBI with a long career in counterintelligence. O'Neill ascertained that Hanssen was using a Palm III PDA to store his information. After her children endured relentless bullying at school, she decided that her best path led out of Alaska (via The Cinemaholic). After executing a search warrant, authorities found items in Hansen's home that belonged to other missing women from the area. Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) double agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. What Happened To Serial Killer Robert Hansen's Children? On January 12, 1976, Robert Philip Hanssen swore an oath to enforce the law and protect the nation as a newly minted FBI special agent. [68] He also explicitly described the sexual details of his marriage on Internet chat rooms, giving information sufficient for those who knew them to recognize the couple. [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. His new job in the FBI's budget office gave him access to information involving many different FBI operations. Hanssen, carrying a package of documents, identified himself by his Soviet code name, "Ramon Garcia", and described himself as a "disaffected FBI agent" who was offering his services as a spy. Heres a look at the life of convicted spy Robert Hanssen. Please be aware how deeply Mrs. Hanssen regrets the damage that her husband, Robert Hanssen, has caused to our country and to their family, the statement said. After Bonnie Hanssen confronted her husband, he told her that he had been in contact with his Soviet intelligence counterparts only as a ploy to trick them with disinformation, the attorney said. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Hanssen's superiors were not amused and began an investigation. [67], At Hanssen's suggestion, and without his wife's knowledge, a friend named Jack Hoschouer, a retired Army officer, would sometimes watch the Hanssens having sex through a bedroom window. Special Agent Don Sullivan, a squad supervisor at the FBIs Washington Field Office at the time, volunteered to replace Hanssen. Since becoming Director over seven years ago, I have administered the FBI oath to each graduating class of Special Agents at the FBI Academy. He worked as an Investigative Specialist with the Special Surveillance Group and played a major role in the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of FBI agent Robert Hanssen for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia. For years, Hanssen stopped contacting the Russians. They attended Mass weekly and were very active in Opus Dei. Aside from a few brushes with the law, Hansen led a fairly ordinary life. He continued with his counter-intelligence work after being shifted to the New York field office in 1985. When Robert Hansen was arrested in 1983, it would soon be revealed that this mild-mannered Alaskan baker was responsible for the deaths of as many as 17 young women in the Last Frontier. On May 10, 2002, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. [77] David Wise wrote Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America. ThoughtCo. Darla earned a living for the household as well, teaching children with disabilities. All his six children went to schools linked with Opus Dei. (2020, August 28). His espionage was described by the Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. They paid $7 million to KGB agent Alexandr Shcherbakov[43] who had access to a file on "B". ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/robert-hanssen-4587832. Ames had been stationed in Rome at the time of the Bloch investigation and could not have known about that case or the tunnel under the embassy, as he did not work for the FBI.[39][40]. 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.. Once when Bonnie caught his espionage, he made a confession to an Opus Dei priest, donated cash to Catholic charity and gave his word of never spying again. Today, Mrs. Hanssen is teaching at a Catholic school in suburban Virginia and is living in the house she shared with her husband and their six children. Thereafter he enrolled in Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and in 1966 completed his bachelor degree with Chemistry as major. He established contact with the SVR (the successor to the Soviet-era KGB) during the autumn of 1999. On February 18, 2001, he was arrested by the FBI when he was keeping a waste bag full of classified information in a pre-planned place from where his Russian handler could collect it. Ames was arrested in 1994. 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. There he served as an investigator of internal affairs with specialisation in forensic accounting. Hanssen made the donation to a charity affiliated with Mother Teresa, and cut off contact with the Soviets for the next few years. [62] Hanssen took the risk of recommending to his handlers that they try to recruit his closest friend, a colonel in the United States Army. [23] Martynov and Motorin were recalled to Moscow, where they were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of espionage against the Soviet government. As Hanssen walked back to his car, the arrest team rushed up and took him into custody. Sunday night the FBI arrested Robert Philip Hanssen who has been charged with committing espionage. He was indiscreet enough to type his name into FBI search engines. A feature film called Breach was released in 2007. According to her, Hanssen never slept with her. 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. This brief union did not produce any children. February 18, 2001 - Is arrested in a Virginia park after making a drop of classified documents. Hanssen then began to videotape his sexual encounters secretly and shared the videotapes with Hoschouer. This included all the FBI activities related to wiretapping and electronic surveillance, which were Hanssen's responsibility. On February 18, 2001, Hanssen was arrested and charged with committing espionage on behalf of Russia and the former Soviet Union. I take solace and satisfaction, however, that the FBI succeeded in this investigation. On May 10, 2002, he was given sentence of fifteen life terms without a chance of parole. In 1999 he established contact with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, which was preceded by the KGB before Soviets collapse. The FBI's codename for the suspected spy was "Graysuit". Investigators learned that Hanssen was set to make a dead drop on February 18, 2001. To be very clear on this issue, at no time was he authorized to communicate information to agents of the KGB/SVR. [64] His three daughters attended Oakcrest School for Girls in Vienna, Virginia, an independent Roman Catholic school. 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. history. Hanssen's wife, Bonnie, retired from teaching theology at Oakcrest in 2020. [35] Three years later, convicted FBI mole Earl Edwin Pitts told the FBI that he suspected Hanssen due to the Mislock incident. To the residents of the quiet suburb of Vienna, Virginia, Robert Hanssen was the perfect neighbor. [6] To avoid the death penalty, Hanssen pleaded guilty to 14 counts of espionage and one of conspiracy to commit espionage. Our hearts go out to them. He quit after one year and joined the Chicago Police Department as an internal affairs investigator, specializing in forensic accounting. In court proceedings the government stated that Hanssen had been paid more than $1.4 million during his spying career, most of which he never actually received, as it was held for him in a Russian bank. It would seem as though Hansen's children want their privacy respected, and who could blame them? 2. [32] The following year, after the Russian Federation assumed control of the defunct Soviet spy agencies, Hanssen made a risky approach to the GRU, with whom he had not been in contact in ten months. He compromised information about Americas plan of forming Measurement and Signature Intelligence, its bugging plan over the Soviets by digging a tunnel under the decoding room of the Soviets new embassy and data on double agents of the US. His Russian contacts and Hanssen were highly trained in espionage techniques and were able to work together without ever meeting. The attorney estimated that Hanssen contributed $10,000 to $20,000 to Mother Teresa in small installments over the years, although the FBI has not been able to verify the payments. The complaint alleges that Hanssen conspired to and did commit espionage for Russia and the former Soviet Union. They created a list of all agents known to have access to cases that were compromised. Throughout his spying, Hanssen remained anonymous to the Russians. The criminal conduct alleged represents the most traitorous actions imaginable against a country governed by the Rule of Law. 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. His case is considered one of America's greatest intelligence failures, as Hanssen operated as a mole within the bureau's counterintelligence division, the highly sensitive part of the FBI tasked with tracking foreign spies. These reports went nowhere, however (via the New York Daily News). [63], According to USA Today, those who knew the Hanssens described them as a close family. Robert J. McNamara is a history expert and former magazine journalist. 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. [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. After leaving a friend at an airport on February 18, 2001, Hanssen drove to Virginia's Foxstone Park. During his sessions with investigators, Hanssen claimed his motivation had always been financial. The level of support and expertise from Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller, Counsel for Intelligence Policy Frances Fragos Townsend, U.S. Attorney Helen Fahey and Assistant United States Attorney Randy Bellows is superb. A proficient hunter and tracker since childhood, Hansen chased down his victims in the Alaskan wilderness with a Ruger Mini-14 and a knife. The damage Hanssen did was considerable. Hanssen's section evaluated Soviet agents who volunteered to give intelligence to determine whether they were genuine or re-doubled agents. Robert Phillip Hanssen was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 18, 1944. 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. The Soviets, suspicious of being lured into a trap, demanded to meet him. He then followed his usual routine, taking a package consisting of a sealed garbage bag of classified material and taping it to the bottom side of a wooden footbridge over a creek. No one knew Hansen was abducting some of these women and killing them for sport. He could sit in his office and shut the door. [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. Regrettably, I stand here today both saddened and outraged. Hansen was convicted in 1984 after confessing to killing 17 women, mostly dancers and prostitutes, during a 12-year span. But money is. He was charged with selling U.S. intelligence documents to the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia for more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds over 22 years. 2023 Cable News Network. In early February 2001, he asked his friend at a computer technology company for a job. For a while he was in contact with Priscilla Sue Galey, a stripper in Washington, who received cash, jewelry and other benefits from Hanssen. Despite having shown his face, disclosed his code name, and revealed his FBI affiliation, Hanssen escaped arrest when the FBI's investigation into the incident did not advance. During the early 1990s, KGB veterans began to approach western intelligence agencies and provide information. 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. Their actions represent counterintelligence at its very best and under the most difficult and sensitive of circumstances. Hanssen was serving as a detailee to the Office of Foreign Missions at the Department of State at the time suspicions around him arose. Is sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. [66] Opus Dei member C. John McCloskey said he also occasionally attended the daily noontime Mass at the Catholic Information Center in downtown Washington. 1972 - Joins the Chicago Police Department. In one letter to his Russian handlers, Hanssen complains about lost opportunities to alert them that the FBI had discovered the microphone hidden at the State Department, known then by the FBI but apparently not by Hanssen as being monitored by a Russian intelligence officer. Hanssen was incarcerated in a "supermax" federal prison in Colorado which also houses other notorious inmates, including the Unabomber, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, and a number of organized crime figures. However, even though Hansen would go to church with his wife, nothing really changed. Many of them were agents of the Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, or its military counterpart, the GRU. Did you encounter any technical issues? 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. In November 1998, they had a man with a foreign accent come to Kelley's door, warn him that the FBI knew he was a spy, and tell him to show up at a Metro station the next day to escape. Although his name was not specifically mentioned, evidence in the file pointed to Hanssen, who was put under close surveillance. Yet some investigators believed anger about how his father treated him as a child triggered a need to rebel against authority. [75], The American Court TV (now TruTV) television series Mugshots released an episode on the Robert Hanssen case titled "Robert Hanssen Hanssen and the KGB".[76]. What we wanted to do was get enough evidence to convict him, and the ultimate aim was to catch him in the act, said Debra Evans Smith, a former deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division. Unlike Cold War spies of an earlier era, Hanssen claimed to have no political motivation for selling out his country. The FBI planned to use it for eavesdropping but never did for fear of being caught. In his office, Hanssen had full access to the FBIs Automated Case Support (ACS) system and the State Departments computer systems. Hansen and Darla set down roots. While the risk that an employee of the United States Government will betray his country can never be eliminated, there must be more that the FBI can do to protect itself from such an occurrence. 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. After his release 20 months later, Hansen worked at putting his life back in order. [15] During his first espionage cycle, Hanssen provided a significant amount of information to the GRU, including details of the FBI's bugging activities and lists of suspected Soviet intelligence agents. Ames was officially blamed for giving Polyakov's name to the Soviets, while Hanssen's attempt was not revealed until after his 2001 capture. All Rights Reserved. Bonnie had previously told her brother that Hanssen once talked about retiring in Poland, then part of the Eastern Bloc. He urged fellow Catholics in the FBI to attend Mass more often and denounced the Russians as "godless", even though he had been spying for them. 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. Gallagher also told Hanssen that then-Director Louis Freeh had approved a two-year extension on his service and a promotion to the Senior Executive Service. He visited an office of the Russian government's trading company and offered to spy. He often steered conversations to talk of religion and his very conservative values, which were aligned with the very conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei. [4] The family moved to Richmond, California in 1942, but returned to Iowa in 1949, settling in Pocahontas. [69], Hanssen frequently visited D.C. strip clubs and spent a great deal of time with a Washington stripper named Priscilla Sue Galey. January 12, 1976 - Joins the FBI as a special agent. 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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. . After working in the FBI division that developed secret listening devices, Hanssen was again placed in a position to track Russian agents operating in the United States. 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. He had opportunity. Darla was an extremely religious woman, and she felt that faith could be his way out. House Belonging To Former Spy Robert Hanssen Won't Sell. Robert Hansen was a reputed baker and a married man with two children living in Anchorage, Alaska. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/robert-hanssen-6997.php. Hanssen also revealed a multimillion-dollar eavesdropping tunnel built by the FBI under the Soviet Embassy. At present he is serving his fifteen successive life terms as prisoner #48551-083 at a federal supermax prison, the ADX Florence. Hanssen refused. Martynov and Motorin were condemned to death and executed via a gunshot to the back of the head. Robert Hanssen moments after being arrested. Hansen was first married in his native Iowa when he was in his early 20s (via The Cinemaholic). While not identifying himself, he was able to gain their trust by initially providing information which the Soviets found both credible and valuable. While their exact whereabouts are unknown to the public, it's suspected that they still live in the Midwest. Hanssen is mentioned in chapter 5 of Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code as the most noted Opus Dei member to non-members. While Darla suspected that he had been frequenting prostitutes, she had no idea of the literal manhunt he conducted. 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. 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. His espionage of more than two decades had earned him cash of over 1.4 million USD and diamonds. In 1967, the couple moved to Anchorage, Alaska, and had two children. The investigation of Hanssen was conducted by the FBI in partnership with the CIA, the Department of State, and, of course, the Justice Department. 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. Darla, who had a masters degree in Education, would earn her own income by teaching learning disabled kids. 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Since he held key counterintelligence positions, he had authorized access to classified information. When FBI agents observed this incriminating act, they rushed in to arrest Hanssen. Their goal was to catch Hanssen red handed in espionage. "[3] Hanssen is currently serving 15 consecutive life sentences without parole at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. The couple, however, did not have a great relationship. Galey claims that although she offered to have sex with him, Hanssen declined, saying he was trying to convert her to Catholicism. He never indicated any political or ideological motive for his actions, telling the FBI after he was caught that his only motivation was financial. For more than a decade, Hansen had been luring sex workers into his vehicle or home with the promise of an easy transaction. Even without knowing who he was or where he worked, Hanssens value to the Russians was clear both by the substantial sums of money paid and the prestigious awards given to their own agents for Hanssens operation. Our joint efforts over the last several years and specifically in this case should give pause to those contemplating betrayal of the Nations trust. 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. Upon becoming a special agent on January 12, 1976, Hanssen was transferred to the FBI's Gary, Indiana, field office. December 2000 - The FBI begins surveillance of Hanssen. [4][10] He graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1962 and then attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1966. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/robert-hanssen-4587832. "Robert Hanssen, FBI Agent Who Became a Soviet Mole." 1980 - Begins working for the counterintelligence unit, focusing on the Soviet Union. [6] At some point in 1979, Hanssen made a decision to sell American secrets to the Soviets. [58] Going by the alias "Ramon" or "Ramon Garcia",[59] Hanssen exchanged intelligence and payments through an old-fashioned dead drop system in which he and his KGB handlers left packages in public, unobtrusive places. In 1999, the FBI even interrogated Kelley, his ex-wife, two sisters, and three children. At least two movies have been made about Hanssen. But Brookner said Hanssens family was never the beneficiary of any spy money and that Bonnie Hanssen has no idea what happened to the proceeds from his spying, including $800,000 that authorities say the Russians deposited for him in a Moscow bank. Still, he was not identified as a spy. Yuzhin was imprisoned for six years before he was released by a general amnesty to political prisoners, and subsequently emigrated to the U.S..[24] Because the FBI blamed Ames for the leak, Hanssen was neither suspected nor investigated. McNamara, Robert. in Chemistry, 1966; Attended Northwestern University Dental School, 1966-1968;. [56][57], Hanssen never told the KGB or GRU his identity and refused to meet them personally, except for the abortive 1993 contact in the Russian embassy parking garage. Three years later, Hanssen transferred to the FBI's Soviet analytical unit, responsible for studying, identifying, and capturing Soviet spies and intelligence operatives in the United States. The FBI believed his story, and Hanssen was merely given a warning. 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. 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