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Convicted spy Robert Hanssen found dead

Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:07 pm
Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18791 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:07 pm
I won't say "RIP."

CBS News

quote:

Hanssen, 79, was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and later Russia. He was serving a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
170374 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:08 pm to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
121227 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:09 pm to
I still give spies credit no matter what. It takes some balls to be a spy.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17518 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

I still give spies credit no matter what. It takes some balls to be a spy.


So does a suicide bomber. You give them credit too?
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
8425 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:15 pm to
RIH
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
24009 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:18 pm to
ADX Florence is no joke.

ETA: this guy is like the most high profile Cold War spy found on US soil right?
This post was edited on 6/5/23 at 2:19 pm
Posted by Possumslayer
Pascagoula
Member since Jan 2018
6474 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:19 pm to
Now do this administration
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
121227 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

So does a suicide bomber.


Hell no. That's a bitch move.
Posted by mjthe
Virginia
Member since Oct 2020
6870 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:20 pm to
I drove by his former house a week or two ago

Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
121227 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:22 pm to
You need to be on suspect notice.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
64391 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:22 pm to
Your stupid homo takes have no end.
Posted by lsuguy84
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2009
26971 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:22 pm to
Could’ve been you
Posted by mjthe
Virginia
Member since Oct 2020
6870 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:23 pm to
Haha - I wish I heard the sonic boom yesterday. I had noise canceling headphones on
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
8309 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:24 pm to
Read the book about him. I got the impression (from the book) he wasn't the greatest spy. They caught him.

Edited to clarify I meant the book gave this impression. I had my own opinions that have been forgotten.
This post was edited on 6/5/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by Buryl
Member since Sep 2016
1046 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:26 pm to
I went to college with one of his kids, who was a year older. The whole thing broke during my sophomore or junior year. Had more than a few "new students" who showed up on campus sniffing for info. It wasn't a big school so they were easy to spot. His son had solid friends who took good care of him. He was a nice dude and was really proud of his dad, we all felt terrible for him.
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
9666 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:30 pm to
quote:

Read the book about him. I got the impression he wasn't the greatest spy. They caught him.



The caught him after he'd been spying for 20+ years. He was either a good spy or we have abysmal counter intelligence operations. Probably a combination of the both, but it was amazing that this guy carried on his treasonous activities for so long.
Posted by RobbBobb
Member since Feb 2007
33807 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:53 pm to
quote:

It takes some balls to be a spy.

Mata Hari says, "No it doesnt"
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
5210 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

The caught him after he'd been spying for 20+ years. He was either a good spy or we have abysmal counter intelligence operations.


Wasn't he in charge of catching himself. It's a lot easier to be a spy when you're one of the spycatchers.

We should have executed him anyway. Good riddance.

Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
19277 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 3:02 pm to
Wrong
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25259 posts
Posted on 6/5/23 at 3:45 pm to
quote:

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. Hanssen then began to videotape his sexual encounters secretly and shared the videotapes with Hoschouer. Later, he hid a video camera in the bedroom connected via a closed-circuit television line so that Hoschouer could observe the Hanssens from his guest bedroom

What a great friend
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