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The Bureau and the Mole takes readers into the complex world of Robert Philip Hanssen, a former FBI counterintelligence agent who has been serving as a double agent for the Russian government for nearly two decades. This biography by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David A. Vise reveals Hanssen's extraordinary life, from his troubled childhood in Chicago to his rise to the top ranks of America's counterintelligence experts. It also delves into the FBI's pursuit of Hanssen, revealing the false leads, near misses, and ultimate conclusion of Freeh's search for the spy who became the most dangerous double agent in FBI history.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: David A. Vise
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