Amid the nuclear threat of the Cold War, America's prized secrets were falling into the hands of its sworn enemy. The FBI's hunt for the leak led to an astonishing discovery—the mole was one of its own, special agent Robert Hanssen. For two decades, Hanssen masqueraded as a devoted patriot while ruthlessly selling out his country, trading classified intelligence to the Soviet Union and later Russia, in exchange for cash and diamonds. He was a whirlwind of contradictions—a self-proclaimed patriot and a traitor; a family man who sexually betrayed his wife; an ardent man of God and a...
Investigative journalist Javier Leiva spent two years uncovering new information on a potential stalker. The victims claim that their daughter's doctor is a cyberstalker who terrorized them for three years. But in a strange turn of events, the victims were indicted for causing harassment against...
Published 01/18/24
International Spy Museum curator and historian Dr. Andrew Hammond leads a panel discussion on the most damaging mole in FBI history, Robert Hanssen. Panelists include Agent of Betrayal host, Major Garrett; Dr. David L. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen for a year after he went to...
Published 12/22/23
On February 18, 2001, Robert Hanssen’s career as an FBI agent came to an end. His next tour of duty would be served in the federal penal system as inmate #48551-083. Supermax, the notorious Colorado prison housing terrorists and drug lords, would become his home for two decades. Life in prison...
Published 11/16/23