When the fbi spent decades hunting for a soviet spy on its staff a tip provided by a doubleagent for the kgb set off one of the most selfdestructive mole hunts in fbi history. The unmasking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history. The unmaking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history david a. Vise was interviewed about his book, the bureau and the mole. David vises book, the bureau and the mole, is a fascinating glimpse he was, if somewhat selfrighteous, apparently a good agent and an honest man. Called a firstrate spy story entertainment weekly, the bureau and the mole is the sensational new york times bestseller that tells the inside story of fbi counterintelligence agent robert philip hanssen, a seemingly allamerican boy who would become the perfect traitor, jeopardizing americas national security for over twenty years by selling topsecret information to the russians. Fascinating, gripping, and provocative, the bureau and the mole is a harrowing tale of how one mans treachery rocked a fraternity built on fidelity, bravery, and integrity and how the dedicated perseverance of another brought him to justice. There is little doubt that the book is wellresearched. The recommendation rating for this book appeared in the september 2002 issue of executive times. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the bureau and the mole.
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David a vise in 1979, fbi agent robert philip hanssen began to sell some of americas most closely guarded intelligence secrets to the soviet union. Vise, a pulitzerprize winning reporter for the washington post, tries to interweave two narratives. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist and author david a. The bureau and the mole takes you into the shadowy world of robert philip hanssen, a twentyfiveyear veteran of the fbi who was a devout catholic and a devoted family man, who attended the same church and sent his children to the same school as his boss, bureau director louis j. We actually went to the site where the russian drops were made by this traitor, when we were on. The unmasking of robert hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history. Freeh the man who set the trap that would expose the traitor. Robert philip hanssen was one of the most trusted russian. With neil bhoopalam, nikhil dsouza, steven fernandez, radhika gulwadi. The unmasking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history, published by atlantic monthly press. The new york timesbestselling firstrate spy thriller of the fbi agent who sold topsecret information to the russian. A mole of a substance or a mole of particles is defined as exactly 6.
Yet all that time, hansen was stealing thousands of topsecret documents and transferring them to the kgb. Buy this book by the time fellow fbi agents arrested robert hanssen. The unmasking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history atlantic monthly press, 2002. The bureau and the mole is the sensational new york times bestseller that tells the inside story of fbi counterintelligence agent robert philip. The unmasking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in fbi history vise, david a. Vise explains how hanssen got away with it and ultimately got caught in the bureau and the mole. The unmasking of robert philip hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in. The gripping inside story of an american traitor and the man who ultimately brought him to justice. But as he rose up the ranks, he was leading another life as a devilishly clever spy for the russian government, selling america. One begins on october 1, 1985, the other ends on february 18, 2001. I was amazed to learn how hannsen escaped detection for solong.
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