One of the FBI's most notorious double agents has been found dead in his prison cell.
for more than two decades.
Hanssen - who used the alias 'Ramon Garcia' when speaking with his Soviet handlers - started disclosing sensitiveHe is believed to have been partially responsible for the death of three Soviet Union officers who had been working for American intelligence.Hanssen, 79, was found dead in his cell in Florence, Colarado, on Monday. He is believed to have died of natural causes.Hanssen was handed nearly $1.
Despite being paid a vast amount of money, the double agent remained in his suburban home in Virginia with his six children.Nun whose body was exhumed after four years encased in glass after thousands of people came to visit'Fake taxi driver' tried to rape two women and stalked the streets at night armed with Viagra and latex glovesThis involved Hanssen being placed in a new office with hidden cameras and microphones at the FBI's headquarters.
Hanssen was arrested by the FBI at the scene after he showed up with a plastic bag filled with American intelligence.He pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and was sentenced to life in prison in May 2002.
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