The spy who stayed out in the cold : the secret life of FBI double agent Robert Hanssen / Adrian Havill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Havill, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanssen, Robert.

Spies--Russia (Federation)--Biography.

Spies.

Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

United States.

Russia (Federation).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001.

Summary:

Robert Philip Hanssen thought he could outsmart the system. Until February 21, 2001, he was right. Then, in an effort spearheaded by Director Louis J. Freeh, the FBI catapulted the once innoccuous bureaucrat into the national headlines.

The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold takes readers directly inside the mind of the accused double-agent, a complex, brilliant man who may have chosen his path 30 years ago. Adrian Havill has tapped sources in the intelligence community and interviewed hundreds of Hanssen's friends, family members, and childhood peers.

A conservative Catholic, Hanssen allegedly sold secrets to the Soviet Union. An authoritarian family man, he pursued a strange, platonic relationship with a hired stripper. Hanssen's espionage activities during and after the Cold War may have cost dozens of lives and undermined American security for decades to come.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.

ISBN:

0312287828

OCLC:

47892563