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Convicted spy Robert Philip Hanssen dies in prison
Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/6/23

Posted on 06/05/2023 3:52:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died at the age of 79, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday.

Hanssen had been in custody at Colorado’s USP Florence ADMAX since July 17, 2002. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy in exchange for the government not seeking the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: dead; hanssen; jailed; mole
Those were the days.
1 posted on 06/05/2023 3:52:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

It’s too bad he wasn’t executed like the traitor he was!


2 posted on 06/05/2023 3:55:25 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: No name given

Pleading guilty to 15 charges in exchange for life without parole was the deal to keep him out of the hot seat. So much oxygen wasted.


3 posted on 06/05/2023 3:58:16 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

I imagine there was also a non-public deal to itemize for the FBI everything he gave the Communists over the years.


4 posted on 06/05/2023 4:08:31 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: Eleutheria5

That's not Robert Hanssen, but he played Robert Hanssen in the movie!

Breach (2007) - wikipedia

5 posted on 06/05/2023 4:12:19 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Eleutheria5

Just checked the BOP website.They still list him as being alive.


6 posted on 06/05/2023 4:20:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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You could say the same for most of those in D.C.


7 posted on 06/05/2023 4:37:40 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Eleutheria5

I hope it was unbearably painful and that he suffered till his last breath.


8 posted on 06/05/2023 4:48:37 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Great. Hopefully it was painful.


9 posted on 06/05/2023 5:06:10 PM PDT by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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To: Eleutheria5

3x 5.56mm years ago would have been quicker & cheaper.


10 posted on 06/05/2023 5:54:39 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Did it for sex-right?


11 posted on 06/05/2023 6:04:50 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: monkeyshine

Entertaining movie.


12 posted on 06/05/2023 7:23:32 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)Xvg)
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To: Mouton

Communism is in retreat, or was. That must have hurt him.


13 posted on 06/05/2023 11:23:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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