Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375758941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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He betrayed his children. Only David Wise could tell the astonishing, full story, and he does so, in masterly style, in Spy.From the Hardcover edition.. He betrayed his God. Most of all, he betrayed himself. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen in his jail cell more than thirty times. Spy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied for Russia for twenty-two years in what has been called the “worst intelligence disaster in U.S. -that after Hanssen was already working for the KGB, he directed a study of moles in the FBI when–as he alone knew–he was the mole.Robert Hanssen betrayed the FBI. David L. He betrayed his country. intelligence.David Wise, the nation’s leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge and un
Bill Emblom said Oh What Tangled Webs He Weaved. Robert Hanssen was in a league of his own. There wasn't another spy to compare him to, and not only for the amount of damage he did to compromise American intelligence to Russia. This was a man of several contradictions. It must have been hard for him to keep his respective roles straight. He was an agent for the FBI, a devoted family man, devout Catholic, obsessed with porn, spying for Russia, and became infatuated wi. Intuitive and Riveting So many non-fiction books have the potential to drag on painfully and slowly. David Wise, however, is a seasoned master of the spy novel and did so much research for this book that it never disappoints. He's also the only author to have gained access to Hanssen's psychologist and Hanssen himself (albeit indirectly using the psychologist as a conduit).The volume of primary research by the author engages you and takes yo. Excellent Excellent book. Excellent read. Kept me engaged. Didn't know the full extent of Hanssen's acts until now Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.
. And in the Hanssen case, a certain CIA agent was wrongly identified as the mole and suspended from duty for almost two years. Years later, the FBI identified another internal spy, but bungled its surveillance; that spy was quietly "eased out" of the bureau and the entire affair kept out of the newspapers. None, however, have been as penetrating as this account by veteran spy author Wise (The Invisible Government), whom Hanssen himself reportedly called "the best espionage writer around." Using a career's worth of contacts in the FBI and CIA, as