Robert Hanssen was 79 years old at the time of his death, and was serving a life sentence for selling classified material to the Soviet Union and Russia.
Former FBI agent and spy Robert Hanssen was found dead in his prison cell Monday, federal officials told, more than 20 years after he was sentenced to life in prison for selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and later Russia.AFP/Paul J. Richards via GettyHanssen, 79, was found dead in his prison cell at the federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
He was found unresponsive Monday morning and staff began life-saving measures, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.one of the most harmful spies in U.S. history, selling thousands of classified documents—he had access to through his job at the FBI—for cash, diamonds and bank funds.
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