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Source: NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"

Roundup

2-4-07

Robert Hanssen: A Brief History [audio 3min]

In 2001, the FBI's Robert Hanssen was charged with selling U.S. secrets to Soviet and Russian sources. Spy Museum historian Dr. Thomas Boghardt reviews the details of a tale of treachery that, in a little over a week, will be re-told on the silver screen in a new film called Breach. Report by Rebecca Roberts.

Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"