Today in #SpyHistory: On February 18, 2001, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested and charged with committing espionage on behalf of the intelligence services of the former Soviet Union. He was sentenced to 15 life terms without the possibility of parole. The case was described by the Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history." In this video, former FBI operative Eric O’Neill shares how he brought down one of the nation's most notorious spies...his

12K views · 171 reactions | Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, was found dead in his prison cell at age 79. cbsn.ws/42omRbB | CBS Evening News | Facebook

1.5K views · 22 reactions | Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell on Monday at age 79. Hanssen was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and later Russia. https://cbsn.ws/3IYvvXM | CBS Mornings | Facebook