He joined the FBI in 1979 and In 2001, Robert Hanssen was sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences in federal prison (without parole; there’s no parole in the federal prison system). He’s currently “living” the rest of his days in at ADD Florence, a supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. ADX Florence is basically Arkham Asylum. Built for supervillains.
FBI out here turning into a whole ass cornfield
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He was just an opportunist
This is key. While he was useful to the USSR, it looks like he would've done the same had he been born on the opposite side. Very critical support.
Isn't this the guy who got caught because he went on a spending spree?
Nah that was Aldrich Ames with the CIA, similar situation though (lesson: never spend beyond your means/salary if you're taking money off the top or at least always buy in physical cash)
Shout out to Kendall Myers :fidel-salute-big:
It is alleged that the Myers' actions may not have been prompted by greed, but more by ideology. According to a "law enforcement official", they were "true believers" in the Cuban system.
The United States federal affidavit quoted a diary entry by Kendall Myers as saying, "I can see nothing of value that has been lost by the revolution. The revolution has released enormous potential and liberated the Cuban spirit", and referred to Fidel Castro as "one of the great political leaders of our time."
Other entries quoted reference a comparison of health care in the United States and healthcare in Cuba, and "complacency about the poor" in the United States
Politics aside, imagine living like that. No way I could do it. I'd be constantly losing my mind terrified of getting caught. Nerves of steel, this guy.
Nerves of clay. If you don't care you can't be flustered.
It might be instructive to consider what conditions he experienced working there that led him to conclude his co workers weren't even worthy if contempt. However it was likely just high functioning alcoholism and white privilage.
“active in Opus Dei”
According to USA Today, those who knew the Hanssens described them as a close family. They attended Mass weekly and were very active in Opus Dei. Hanssen's three sons attended The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland, an all-boys preparatory school.[64] His three daughters attended Oakcrest School for Girls in Vienna, Virginia, an independent Roman Catholic school. Both schools are associated with Opus Dei. Hanssen's wife, Bonnie, retired from teaching theology at Oakcrest in 2020.[65]
A priest at Oakcrest said that Hanssen had regularly attended a 6:30 a.m. daily Mass for more than a decade.[66] Opus Dei member C. John McCloskey said he also occasionally attended the daily noontime Mass at the Catholic Information Center in downtown Washington. After being imprisoned, Hanssen claimed he periodically admitted his espionage to priests in confession. He urged fellow Catholics in the FBI to attend Mass more often and denounced the Russians as "godless", even though he had been spying for them.[67]
He urged fellow Catholics in the FBI to attend Mass more often and denounced the Russians as “godless”
funny coming from a guy who's god is clearly Mammon :jesus-cleanse:
