{"product_id":"spy-the-inside-story-of-how-the-fbis-robert-hanssen-betrayed-america-paperback","title":"Spy: The Inside Story of How the Fbi's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Wise\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpy\u003c\/i\u003e tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied for Russia for twenty-two years in what has been called the \"worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history\"-and how he was finally caught in an incredible gambit by U.S. intelligence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Wise, the nation's leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge and unrivaled intelligence sources to write the definitive, inside story of how Robert Hanssen betrayed his country, and why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpy\u003c\/i\u003e at last reveals the mind and motives of a man who was a walking paradox: FBI counterspy, KGB mole, devout Catholic, obsessed pornographer who secretly televised himself and his wife having sex so that his best friend could watch, defender of family values, fantasy James Bond who took a stripper to Hong Kong and carried a machine gun in his car trunk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brimming with startling new details sure to make headlines, \u003ci\u003eSpy\u003c\/i\u003e discloses: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- the previously untold story of how the FBI got the actual file on Robert Hanssen out of KGB headquarters in Moscow for $7 million in an unprecedented operation that ended in Hanssen's arrest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- how for three years, the FBI pursued a CIA officer, code name gray deceiver, in the mistaken belief that he was the mole they were seeking inside U.S. intelligence. The innocent officer was accused as a spy and suspended by the CIA for nearly two years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- why Hanssen spied, based on exclusive interviews with Dr. David L. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen in his jail cell more than thirty times. Hanssen, in an extraordinary arrangement, authorized Charney to talk to the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- the full story of Robert Hanssen's bizarre sex life, including the hidden video camera he set up in his bedroom and how he plotted to drug his wife, Bonnie, so that his best friend could father her child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- how Hanssen and the CIA's Aldrich Ames betrayed three Russians secretly spying for the FBI-including tophat, a Soviet general-who were then executed by Moscow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- that after Hanssen was already working for the KGB, he directed a study of moles in the FBI when-as he alone knew-he was the mole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Hanssen betrayed the FBI. He betrayed his country. He betrayed his wife. He betrayed his children. He betrayed his best friend, offering him up to the KGB. He betrayed his God. Most of all, he betrayed himself. Only David Wise could tell the astonishing, full story, and he does so, in masterly style, in \u003ci\u003eSpy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied for Russia for twenty-two years in what has been called the \"worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history\"-and how he was finally caught in an incredible gambit by U.S. intelligence. \u003cbr\u003eDavid Wise, the nation's leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge and unrivaled intelligence sources to write the definitive, inside story of how Robert Hanssen betrayed his country, and why. \u003cbr\u003eSpy at last reveals the mind and motives of a man who was a walking paradox: FBI counterspy, KGB mole, devout Catholic, obsessed pornographer who secretly televised himself and his wife having sex so that his best friend could watch, defender of family values, fantasy James Bond who took a stripper to Hong Kong and carried a machine gun in his car trunk. \u003cbr\u003eBrimming with startling new details sure to make headlines, Spy discloses: \u003cbr\u003e-the previously untold story of how the FBI got the actual file on Robert Hanssen out of KGB headquarters in Moscow for $7 million in an unprecedented operation that ended in Hanssen's arrest. \u003cbr\u003e-how for three years, the FBI pursued a CIA officer, code name gray deceiver, in the mistaken belief that he was the mole they were seeking inside U.S. intelligence. The innocent officer was accused as a spy and suspended by the CIA for nearly two years. \u003cbr\u003e-why Hanssen spied, based on exclusive interviews with Dr. David L. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen in his jail cell more than thirty times. Hanssen, in an extraordinary arrangement, authorized Charney to talk to the author. \u003cbr\u003e-the full story of Robert Hanssen's bizarre sex life, including the hidden video camera he set up in his bedroom and how he plotted to drug his wife, Bonnie, so that his best friend could father her child. \u003cbr\u003e- how Hanssen and the CIA's Aldrich Ames betrayed three Russians secretly spying for the FBI-including tophat, a Soviet general-who were then executed by Moscow. \u003cbr\u003e-that after Hanssen was already working for the KGB, he directed a study of moles in the FBI when-as he alone knew-he was the mole. \u003cbr\u003eRobert Hanssen betrayed the FBI. He betrayed his country. He betrayed his wife. He betrayed his children. He betrayed his best friend, offering him up to the KGB. He betrayed his God. Most of all, he betrayed himself. Only David Wise could tell the astonishing, full story, and he does so, in masterly style, in Spy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wise\u003c\/b\u003e was America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage. He was the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Government\u003c\/i\u003e, a #1 bestseller about the CIA. He was also the author of \u003ci\u003eNightmover, Molehunt, The Spy Who Got Away, The American Police State, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Lying, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCassidy's Run, Spy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTiger Trap, \u003c\/i\u003eand the coauthor, with Thomas B. Ross, of \u003ci\u003eThe Espionage Establishment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe U-2 Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. A native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia College, he was the former chief of the Washington bureau of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed articles on government and politics to many national magazines. David Wise died in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755645108512,"sku":"9780375758942","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eabc1557f1f73f245270805d7e139bef.webp?v=1780064571","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spy-the-inside-story-of-how-the-fbis-robert-hanssen-betrayed-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}