Robert Hanssen: Convicted US spy found dead in Colorado prison
Posted on AllSides June 5th, 2023
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An FBI agent-turned-Russian mole who is notorious as one of the most damaging spies in US history has been found dead in prison.
Robert Hanssen was discovered at a maximum-security facility in Florence, Colorado, on Monday morning.
Hanssen, 79, received more than $1.4m in cash, diamonds, and money paid into Russian accounts. Three hundred agents worked on his case.
He was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison for espionage.
Hanssen lived in a modest four-bedroom house in suburban Virginia with his wife and six children prior to his arrest....
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