{"id":1944773,"date":"2023-06-05T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/notorious-fbi-agent-and-russian-spy-robert-hanssen-found-dead-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T18:55:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:55:54","slug":"notorious-fbi-agent-and-russian-spy-robert-hanssen-found-dead-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/notorious-fbi-agent-and-russian-spy-robert-hanssen-found-dead-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous FBI agent and Russian spy Robert Hanssen dies in jail."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnotorious-fbi-agent-and-russian-spy-robert-hanssen-found-dead-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former FBI Agent Convicted of Spying for Russia Dies at 79<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The identification and business card of former FBI agent Robert Hanssen are seen inside a display case at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, May 12, 2009. Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison without parole for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia while he worked for the FBI. PAUL J. RICHARDS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Robert Hanssen, the former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, has died at the age of 79. On Monday, he was discovered unresponsive in his cell at the maximum-security facility in Florence, Colorado. Prison staff immediately began lifesaving measures, but it was too late. He is believed to have died from natural causes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cStaff requested emergency medical services and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-damaging-fbi-agent-in-history-who-spied-for-russia-found-dead-in-prison-cell\/\" title=\"FBI agent who spied for Russia and caused the most damage found dead in jail.\">life-saving efforts continued<\/a>,\u201d Bureau of Prisons Director of Communications Kristie Breshears said. \u201cThe inmate was subsequently pronounced dead by outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-left-rush-to-claim-pride-parade-death-as-a-homophobic-terrorist-attack-it-was-an-accident-by-another-participant\/\" title=\"Media, Left Rush To Claim Pride Parade Death As A Homophobic \u2018Terrorist Attack.\u2019 It Was An Accident By Another Participant.\">emergency medical personnel<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hanssen had been serving a life sentence since pleading guilty to selling highly-classified material to the Soviet Union and to Russia. He began his FBI career as an agent on January 12th, 1976, and his particular role in the FBI allowed him unlimited access to classified documents on the bureau\u2019s counterintelligence operations. In 1985, he began sending classified information to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>When acting as a double agent, Hanssen used the alias \u201cRamon Garcia.\u201d Throughout his sixteen years of espionage, he passed around 6,000 documents and 26 computer disks to his handlers. It is widely believed by U.S. officials that Hanssen was the one responsible for tipping off Moscow in order to tell them that the U.S. had built a secret tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington for eavesdropping. In return for betraying the U.S., Hanssen received more than $1.4 million, diamonds, and Rolex watches.<\/p>\n<p>After years of being undetected, the FBI was finally on his case when spy Aldrich Hazen Ames was arrested, yet there was still classified information being leaked. Hanssen was set to retire, which resulted in the bureau quickly investigating the situation as they began becoming suspicious of him. They desired to catch Hanssen \u201cred-handed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat we wanted to do was get enough evidence to convict him, and the ultimate aim was to catch him in the act,\u201d said Debra Evans Smith, former deputy assistant director of the counterintelligence division.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In order to convict him, the FBI assigned Hanssen a faux mission which lured him back to the FBI headquarters. In the office they set aside for him, they bugged it with hidden cameras and microphones. It was discovered that he was making a dead drop of classified material in a Virginia park, and he was caught red-handed soon after.<\/p>\n<p>Hanssen was finally sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for espionage. He was sent to the most secure federal prison in the country, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/notorious-fbi-agent-and-russian-spy-robert-hanssen-found-dead-in-prison\/\" title=\"Famous FBI agent and Russian spy Robert Hanssen dies in jail.\">held high-profile inmates<\/a>, like the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Violent crime continues to plague San Francisco.<\/li>\n<li>You have probably noticed the rise of woke corporate America and cancel culture, people being shamed for following the science, scared to speak the truth, and intimidated into silence.<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Amala Ekpunobi<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Kirk Cameron<\/li>\n<li>Companies deploying generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard with the potential to generate\u2026<\/li>\n<li>A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to\u2026<\/li>\n<li>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted on Monday a \u201chuge role\u201d for Israel in reducing risks\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn, the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foxconn-cautiously-optimistic-about-q4-outlook\/\" title=\"Foxconn \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 about Q4 outlook\">largest contract electronics maker<\/a> and major iPhone assembler for Apple Inc, said on Monday that\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING INTEL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSNews<\/a> has confirmed that Robert Hanssen, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBI<\/a> agent and one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history, has died. He was found unresponsive this morning, per the Bureau of Prisons.  Hanssen was 79 and had spent the last 22+ years in federal custody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBHKvdojAA\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBHKvdojAA<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      \u2014 The Spy Museum (@IntlSpyMuseum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntlSpyMuseum\/status\/1665789928226140160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2023<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen&#8217;s ID and business card are displayed at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. 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