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Robert Hanssen

Robert Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) was an FBI agent who was caught spying for Russia. He was arrested on February 20, 2001 and charged with selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds over a 15-year period. On May 10, 2002 he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole[?].

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USA Today: FBI portrays Robert Hanssen's double life (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-02-21-spydouble.htm)

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