Spies in America who stole and sold U.S. secrets | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

[@renatabrpe]

My late father used to say "a man who betrays his family has no limits." That means, if he is capable of betraying his cellular family, he is capable of betraying country, company, his beliefs... These stories proved my father right.

[@happygilmore1844]

Indeed

[@fthcm101]

So true!

[@ceciliaeguilos5748]

Our oldies premonitions are always right.

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

I no longer have credit for my life or service or patents or my bank accounts or credit cards or phones or computers because of what they did to me.

[@williamgidrewicz4775]

But America did exploit 3rd world countries!!

[@LTKK]

Letting a former spy work for the power grid is insane.

[@Gallowglass7]

I know right. Lmao.

[@damienjstepick]

I trust that guy more than I do the justice system in America today. They only gave us by five years? The guy should’ve gotten life or death. Couple that with how weak our justice department has become, how politicized it’s become, and in some cases how openly racist it’s become It’s almost not worth having anymore without removing everyone and retooling the entire thing

[@kathleenmann7311]

He probably told the CIA a lot about the FSB and Russian intelligence tactics

[@PeterLilincio]

@@damienjstepickYou said that so well. For me? I oppose the death penalty because I have Zero confidence in our legal system. To date almost 400 men have been released from death row (mostly due to DNA testing ). Get this : states refuse to pay for dna testing . If you want to get off death row , only The Innocence Project can get you off. The DA in the movie MERCY? He should have been out to death. He was promoted. But then someone killed him and they have no suspects or should I say they have a hundred million suspects. Shot thru the head in a parking garage. Not robbed or anything. Just Bang. !!

[@takeitasacompliment.]

@@damienjstepick Trump trusts Putin more than the "lowlifes" in US intelligence.

[@dayalcober89]

This is the most intriguing episode I have ever seen, plus the man reminds me a lot of Liam Neeson, who could play him perfectly if a movie should ever be made about Jack Barsky.

[@mortenhansen3455]

Yeah so Hollywood could extort the truth even further ;-)

[@erichchan3]

LOL Liam Neeson does look kinda like Jack Barsky so yeah that would definitely be a good fit if they were to make a story about him.

[@randallchan2001]

Robert Hansen deserves the sentence in federal court he received. He does not deserve Americans pity for spying the way he did in the USA 🇺🇸. His wife should not get a good portion of his pension for his spying and lives of 2 Americans. 🇺🇲💪👍

[@lynnleglaire4819]

That’s a good idea. Gerard Butler could somit too. Who should play Hanson? That’s going to make a great movie.

[@eileenharte2176]

Oh my god it could be Liam Nelson’s if brother every facial movement his tired eyes lips that’s to weird ????

[@ofrabjousday1]

The report on Robert Hanssen failed to mention that he was caught by a rookie twenty-something named Eric O'Neill, who was assigned to Hanssen for his first case. Hanssen died just a few months ago in June, 2023.

[@gerardodwyer5908]

Riley, Slattery and O'Neill. The Irish seem to be at the forefront of the FBI's best spy catches.

[@cybermarc22]

​@@gerardodwyer5908thvvvnjb

[@jackievandeven4797]

Interesting observation @@gerardodwyer5908

[@MillennialSmark2]

How old was he when he passed?

[@ofrabjousday1]

@@MillennialSmark2 79, according to Wikipedia.

[@anon-san2830]

"He's a very honest person." Both the wives would vehemently disagree

[@Dem0stumblers6726]

You have got to be a Democrat borderjoe Biden 2024, right?

[@harryparsons2750]

Spy and honest? Wow really!?

[@bobsingh5521]

@@harryparsons2750 I don’t think you could ever trust them other than knowing they will always act in their own interest

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

Think about what any deep cover agent, including ones for our side, have to do. It's not very simple.

[@esthersandoval-labadie4587]

Sandovalesther

[@LennyCole96]

The best part of the story is how the siblings accepted and came together and did not blame their father

[@lvlyflrs3736]

For the first story, I feel so bad for the son and the wife in Germany. I hoped he elaborated more on how they were able to reconcile because that felt like a very unfair father.

[@no6odys8fe90]

life is not fair

[@chris-cy5ed]

They're probably here and we dont know and for all we know he could be tied to the KGB still🤷‍♂️

[@Ze_Moose]

Highly doubt he's still connected

[@roguewasbanned4746]

Life is unfair

[@AnimalisticTin]

People like this never went to prison but people of color selling an herb that relieves cancer pains are still being arrested.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

The FBI agent he became friends with is still watching him for the FBI.

[@ttacking_you]

Yeah he did not sounded like he still had a soft spot for Marxism. But who would he be spying for ? North Korea or China ? Not Russia

[@Mansikkacake]

Certainly. Thats his job.

[@suzannes5888]

Naaa, that Special Agent would be way past his mandatory retirement age at this time.

[@Dem0stumblers6726]

And Democrat supporters love despite.

[@word42069]

and them watched by others. etc.

[@vel1hunnid707]

His smiles & smirks TELL me everything i dont trust him

[@Daniel-yl8y]

Ok, Mr. Bond.

[@Roz-y2d]

He can never be trusted.

[@Ayaatlanta]

And who are u

[@celestryalcelestryal6690]

As someone who grew up in Jersey, born in Orange during the time frame, I was fascinated by his story. Even raising my kids in the part of Jersey that is right over the bridge from Pennsylvania. Not one whisper did I hear. Not even the usual gossipy rumour. All four of my grandparents came from Germany. It seems like he and I have passed by each other many times. Including that one of my good friends also wrote code for the same company he did. If she were still alive I'd be calling her to ask if she knew him. I am relieved that he has come clean to his new country as well as to his children. Even if his German ex-wife does not wish to have anything to do with him he owes her more. Perhaps a letter delivered to her by their son. No neeed for her to respond, but the collection of a debt long over due.

[@katerinagiannioudi401]

Maybe he did deliver a letter or some kind of apology via their son.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?

[@angelinimartini]

If I got married and my husband disappeared and left me for another family… I wouldn’t even want a letter. My dad left my mom and disappeared and I found him now in Thailand. I met his family because I feel I needed to but I never want to see the other half of my chromosomes and my mom is the same. It all depends on the person right? But sometimes, the past should stay in the past unless they are adding a great value to your life in the present.

[@williamgill5286]

yeah he paid up for that $$$$

[@DenyseLRoss]

And a cheque for child support

[@CarlosEduardoRuizGómez-f4w]

I Just Love These Kind of Real Life Spy Stories.

[@truthhurts9244]

This guy really left Germany and fell in love with nothing but chocolate in America 😂😂😂

[@wadek798]

I said the same thing

[@Rareprune]

My thoughts exactly 😂😂😂

[@224dot0dot0dot10]

​@@wadek798Jack Barsky might not be an ethnic German because he has the same physical appearance as Leonid Kuchma from the Ukraine

[@Metroid545454]

King

[@stijnvandamme76]

could have just come to Belgium instead :)

[@googlegoogle9712]

Some things I’ll never understand is how the Feds destroy some people for much more subtle crimes but others like this guy walks free. I think his love for his family probably saved him.

[@av8419]

Never, feds must have got something very good in exchange. They don't care about anything else.

[@jumex8267]

It’s all about usefulness. Look at Klaus Barbie, a complete psychopath. But he was good at finding Jews, French Resistance fighters and later after we took him, communists. I’m sure this guy here was very useful to us. The fact that he attempeted to get a US Passport without being a US citizen should’ve been enough to ban him from the country for life.

[@darkchocolate3390]

Probably because he did not cause any real damage.

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

Also, he wasn't a traitor. He believed in what he was doing, didn't do a whole lot, then got out. Our agents probably empathize with that. It's not the opponents who are reviled, they're just guys who could be you if you happened to be born there. The ones who are reviled are traitors.

[@Kremithefrog1]

I'm sure he provided info to the fbi in exchange for freedom.

[@tracynorris5012]

I greatly appreciate your perfect style and honesty of Reporting. I grew up with 60 minutes and now understand the reasons why you was a very trusted news source for my parents and grandparents. Thank you.. Love and prayers 🙏❤🎉

[@KARENSTANDARD]

Hello

[@MrDlt123]

The FBI may have given him a pass, but that doesnt mean they're not keeping an eye on him.

[@immy7411]

Atleast they let him live... What about Russia kgb dead .. Be respectful where you born..

[@MrGoddlie]

I got my 3rd eyes on him

[@diannebass1051]

@ MrDit123 so who is watching the FBI as they were plotting with Pelosi to set up the Republican Party on J 6 , complete with fake bomb and Pelosi daughter there to record it all with Pelosi , and everything even the fox Pelosi run court , was even in control of all the cover up of J6 after the fact , I hear the CIA , along with our Congress and Senate and FBI , set that entire thing up to make a real ex president Trump look bad with one entire half of the voting public , all to cover a fake fraud election and the coup that group with the WEF IS STILL ATTEMPTING TODAY ??? If it is true and it looks most likely to be true we don’t need old spy tails we are living the destruction of AMERICA With real American spies and treason right now !!

[@MohamedHassan-fn2un]

@@immy7411not really the fsb & fss took over and Other black operation units are still operational in Russia globally still a big country even though the Soviet Union fell. That’s just a quarter of Russia really is in border. Moscow is still big boss in Eastern Europe.

[@chrisfalx3251]

@@MrGoddlie I got my brown eye on him

[@glitch-pr3nr]

Don't believe anything a liar says even if they are retired

[@ginotacobell3098]

Yup, remember he was/is the best liar

[@keithmarshall7084]

Once a lier always a lier

[@libertas2314]

Ha...ha...ha...the Russian KGB has no information on how to get an identity card or a social security number in the USA. You can only sell this story (told in this way) as a good advertisement to an averagely intelligent and uninformed American. I don't know is it funny or tragic how much you underestimate the intelligence of people who follow you.

[@TK0_23_]

I guess you guys have been badly burned by liars. Sad.

[@mohx2847]

🤣 You act like redemption or repentance is a myth or perhaps a characteristic of aliens.

[@iliketowatch.]

How is his story NOT been made into a movie? Of course, Liam Neeson would be the natural choice to play the lead.

[@21randyo]

It is. Movie called "breach"

[@Ayaatlanta]

@@21randyoreally?

[@smilegrant1]

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer!

[@jasminej2844]

I feel devastated for his son & wife. Especially when he said he feels like my son.

[@thevincentonpost]

Yeah! What does "feels like my son" mean. Quite a strange phrasing...

[@lvlyflrs3736]

Same. That hurt

[@memory-nownow-anticipation7087]

@@thevincentonpost Sometimes abandoned children don't feel anything towards their wayward parent.

[@barbaraann6229]

@@Yuuzas_Eisome compassionate adults choose to right their wrongs before they die Compassion is something else you could work on

[@kimtv4437]

Maybe he said those words so no former kgb or anyone will make a connection about his german family, he make it so cold make it sound like he dont care about them, i think he done that so his german family will not be in trouble. Remember he disclosed many intel on each side, they all want a pound of flesh.. Just my thought.

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

When they said he at the end he now worked in a key position at a key powergrid of a major U.S. city, I seriously thought, "Uh oh. That's a sequel if I ever saw one."

[@ccalderin84]

Jack Barsky played by Liam Neeson

[@HVACSoldier]

It would be an interesting movie. And Liam Neeson WOULD play the part.

[@nycrsny3406]

Nothing makes more sense than this.

[@thegreatone11]

He would be looking for his missing daughter.

[@leapintothewild_original]

He’d have a better dye job than that dull just-for-men mess on his head.

[@benlevy48]

​@@thegreatone11Maybe the grandchildren somewhere again in Turkey maybe Iran.

[@macknice8887]

Jack is the very definition of "once you go black, you'll never go back" 😂😅

[@jafarym77]

Definitely 😂😂

[@nicklong3279]

Jungle fever 😂😂

[@paulhugo2180]

eew

[@magiccarp3710]

Black people are human just like you

[@tmn8547]

So what?

[@Dmebod]

Him: Im the best lier (literally said it) FBI: He is the most honest man you will ever meet

[@jackiemk32]

😂😂😂😂

[@jackiemk32]

Both liars!! Two peas in a pod!

[@MrTabo2023]

Wow...easily one of the best 60 Minutes story I have ever watched in my life.

[@DeniseWise-iz5yp]

Same. Currently digging for comparable ones😂

[@iamgermane]

Should have thrown him in jail anyhow for industrial espionage!!

[@nomad4k]

Holy smokes ! That house in upper Mt. Bethel PA is about a mile away from where I live ! And I drive on that little bridge where he was finally caught, everyday !

[@Deepasicanbe2846]

Wow this guy got away with all that I can't even get away with being 5 minutes late for work are you serious witness wrong America

[@eagleeagle7802]

He didn't get away, the problem is that there're alot like him into the the American government,

[@mannym1171]

Despite his betrayal for country, Hansen’s pension was maintained. Ridiculous

[@b.hornetiii.6771]

It's not. The world of spies are watching. U.S. wants to be a friend to the future spies who will get to the other side. You destroy him, you send a clear message and you get no future foreign spies or new potential info. You have to look a few moves ahead. Like in chess.

[@gondolin12]

he probably traded that for names of russian spyes he knew

[@howardkahn4330]

aw enforcement who is convicted of a crimal crime loses their pension.....the deal the government MADE WITH THIS EVIL MAN SHOULD HAVE SPARKED A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE......WHY DIDN'T IT ?

[@Zach.3246]

@@howardkahn4330WHY ARE YOU YELLING???

[@frankG335]

Well, we've got a guy who betrayed the US and half the nation apparently wants him as president...

[@theepicricemaker6611]

"yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have done it" is such a cold line. Love it!

[@florete2310]

I once saw him on Lex Fridman's podcast and I was also very impressed by his story back then. Fascinating character. Barsky retained his soul in this line of work, which I suppose is - even in itself - a pretty hard thing to achieve. That dilemma choosing between two families must have been rough on him. He sure is a witty guy with a good humour. This was a fascinating interview.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?

[@happygilmore1844]

My favorite indeed

[@Yuuzas_Ei]

Abandoning children is a conservative ideal

[@Pizza-gb1ch]

Objectively speaking, he is a traitor who abandoned his nation, he abandoned his first wife and son, he's a bigamist, he's a liar (how do we know the can was not there or that he stayed for the daughter and not the American way of life. He admits the allure of NYC and San Francisco etc.), he lied about the AIDS. Turn it around and say he was born American an spied for us yet betrayed us. 💁

[@barbaraann6229]

@@Yuuzas_Eilack of empathy and understanding is your ideal. He had a difficult choice. Luckily his kids don’t share your ideal and forgave him. Try it. I feel like you don’t have a very good relationship with forgiveness

[@jchhem32]

Its incredible how his natural accent comes out sometimes.

[@YouTubehndl]

That guy should not be running a power grid😂😂😂

[@abdellahlamara4163]

What an incredible story !! Thanks for sharing .

[@twilde3754]

I lived in Poland after The Wall came down, but those decades before when Radio Free Europe was a thing seems so far away and kind of romantic. Thanks for this wonderful story.

[@CeciliaCeceDraheim]

I can’t get over the fact that the guy is so good at making people think he’s a good guy

[@LS-ki9ft]

The movie "Breach" does an excellent job of exploring the life and capture of Robert Hansen. The always great Chris Cooper does a superb job of playing him.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?

[@rachael_grey]

Cooper is my favorite actor.

[@Lee-f3e7t]

Tonight bad they didn't have a good director for that movie

[@jakeforrest]

Cooper is an expert in playing unlikable roles !

[@debbiehorn8263]

This was fascinating . good job 60 minutes .

[@maryannhollis1186]

I agree❤

[@amistenson2535]

15 years in prison? That’s it? You should lose your citizenship and be banned from the countries involved, after serving at least 30 years in prison.

[@iamgermane]

I am a former American military man who was stationed in West Germany. I would have picked up this guy's accent easily!

[@MorrisLess]

I've been to Germany once. I think I could pick his accent out too. At least I would recognize that it's not an American accent.

[@pt68picaso]

Understandably and anyone trained in linguistics. As a third generation American with a German immigrant grandmother, I'm comfortable with the accent.

[@katerinagiannioudi401]

He use to say that his mum was German and thus the accent

[@benjaminbecker4349]

The KGB knew that and most likely knew Areas to go and probably started plotting

[@squidwardo7074]

Do you hear someone with a German and accent and immediately think they are a spy?

[@linychan85]

It takes a special kind of personality to join an intelligence service. And this man has it and that's why he could pull it off what he did. Those were the times and now they are no different.

[@Finanalyst300]

"Honor among thieves"! The agency will treat an enemy of our country with respect and courtesy but would treat its own fellow citizens as terrorists! What a shame!

[@suri-wg1fz]

I had the exact same sentiments! EXACTLY!!!!!

[@randibgood]

Well the first guy, Jack, didn't actually get any of our national security secrets. All he did was give them some corporate code he had written. Unless I missed something? The other ones deserve to be introduced to a long piece of rope and a tall oak tree. Any American that sells or gives or trades away any of our information should. Even the highest office in the land. We'll see when the guilty verdicts are handed down, exactly how much time the ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF and his co-conspirators get.

[@nyquil350]

especially black Americans

[@mystiquesquared]

​@@nyquil350😂😂😂 you guys always have it so bad. 😂😂😂

[@TheBuba1212]

@@mystiquesquared They do because of guys like you

[@Lioness1499]

Boy does this bring back memories. I can remember the many times I travel back and forth from east to west Germany. One of the most frightening experience was when a Russian soldier took my passport traveling into East Germany through checkpoint Charlie. It took forever to give me back my passport and say I was clear to go through.

[@annakaye1629]

So what? If the US wndt jump into the war none of you wouldn't be born! Look what Germany is doing to Russia now! I think their heads are itching again!

[@jakarandatvseries5125]

😢

[@chestchirecateyes]

I wonder if it was out of your possession long enough for him to have copied it?

[@goonigoogoo5868]

this one time....at band camp....

[@wisdomok99]

Why russian take your passport in Germany?

[@TM-be4vi]

Love documentaries like this.

[@beaucaver4988]

One of the most intriguing stories I've seen. Thanks for the enjoyment

[@oldaccount6152]

He could have just remained loyal to his marriage and family in Germany instead of having an affair and getting married again. He pretty much used his daughter as an excuse to make his actions appear morally correct, when clearly he wanted to stay in usa and continue his affair

[@lindabishop1402]

I thought that too. SMH 😢

[@oldaccount6152]

@@lindabishop1402 he could have just hired sex workers or could have just said he has a wife and son in another state. He went on to have another family while his first wife waited for him and his second wife got scammed pretty much

[@lindabishop1402]

@oldaccount6152 yeah, I know, horrible 😢

[@Bigsky1991]

It's much deeper than that. I lived in Germany over 30 years and have known Stasi officers. Had he returned he would have been liquidated, thrown in a wood chipper and used to fertilize a farmers field. He knew what he was doing.

[@SouthernMimi2]

@@Bigsky1991right! I can’t blame him for not going back. His son would have never known him if he had went back. I think it’s hard for Americans especially younger Americans like my self to understand that we have rights and are free to feel however and say whatever we want. In those times in Russia and Germany a lot were expendable if they didn’t get with the program and if you knew too much they very quick to get rid of you. They have much stricter ways of life then. It’s not like now where you can say no to things or speak out freely about things. Imo. Complete different mentality in that era.

[@social.media.command]

Thank you for your report.

[@Val-uy2me]

Wow -- fascinating. I'd love an update on this story.

[@suri-wg1fz]

Crazy how the first guy had a successful ending, but let those of us indigenous to this country do something like that. It would’ve been a completely different ending.

[@GenesisGarden-l9s]

Nice try but I don't think so.

[@dickfitswell3437]

Especially if your a democrat

[@butterflygirl2285]

IMO - The east German guy has something (like skills, information, etc.) that the government wants to use. That is why he is being coddled. Similar to the situation where J. Epstein was used for government purposes. That is why he was allowed to perpetrate his crimes for so long without being incarcerated.

[@neilsiebenthal9254]

2 completely different people and scenarios. One was a family man.. Other wasn't

[@ms.fravell7606]

​nah just plain nuttier than hell ....

[@reymanasesrestaurado4733]

And he just walking around like he didn't do nothing ? 😂 certainly he's living the american dream.

[@mightytaiger3000]

lmao

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

He aughta run for president.

[@getajob2667]

Democrats america. All are welcome. Even russian spies

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@getajob2667if you were any dimmer you’d be a night light.

[@tobehonest7541]

because he is white, the white american dream

[@SS-of2gr]

Daughter is so pretty with a wholesome disposition.

[@CesarCadevilla]

He fell in love with his daughter, his wife, his job, and his life. He fell in love with America.

[@jbkg5898]

While spying on it.

[@LMB222]

Don't believe a word of the psychopath.

[@ghosthdel3098]

Remember The great USA doesnt have spies because they are very honest, this is why people are rooting for them even though they are the only country that has dropped nuclear bombs. Onlys China and Russia have spies because they are bad and they have nuclear bombs in their storage.

[@BeardofBeesPool]

​@@LMB222ok bot.

[@monalizamarquez1010]

Remember, he was the best at lying

[@knowlesnate]

Him side by side with his German son. Must be a trip for the kid getting all this dropped on him. I remember when my buddy found out (without his dad knowing) that he had a half brother. What followed was a short conversation and nothing further.

[@Beth-m1o]

Probably never retired and over the power grid is a crazy thought. Deception is what this man is good at ...

[@SergeyVinogradov-r8i]

You don’t get to just retire

[@lh824]

I don't understand why such light prison sentences were given... 5 years and 15 years? No other country is that lenient! Life without chance of parole feels more appropriate.

[@nycrsny3406]

Same, it's basically akin to treason for me, and given that it was done by someone with one of the highest clearance levels, you would think the punishment would be even harsher. I mean, after 5 years what's to stop him from fully sharing other sensitive information he would have known at the time since he won't have anything to lose anymore.

[@EvilEye45s]

I agree. This POC should be doing life in prison

[@GiselleZubel-vj1nb]

@@EvilEye45s is the trustee ,secretly applied as one

[@uku4171]

@@EvilEye45s POC? Person of colour?

[@uku4171]

That's because you misunderstand the point of the prison system.

[@agnieszkamaciocha7794]

I didn’t believe in Jacks (vel Albrecht) honesty and remorse for one second.

[@dirremoire]

This whole story is a lie. I'm sure there's a book coming out soon.

[@Roz-y2d]

👍🏻

[@750dollarman2]

Every Fathers Day, his kids celebrated just a half of the day.

[@Ferro_Ghisa]

What does the CIA do in other countries, sell hamburgers?

[@frankG335]

😂🤣😂😅

[@chejlr]

As a man who was born 25 days after Sputnik i lived for most of the cold war. I remember my parents going to classes on how to build a fallout shelter, having dreams of nuclear bombs exploding and dying in a ball of fire. Those were scary times we lived. After high school i enlisted went on to command an m60 tank in Fulda West Germany. Traitors like Walker, Ames, Hanson and others should have been executed. They put American and Nato members in danger and were responsible for many American deaths in Vietnam and the deaths of other assets. I find it hard to believe any American would sell out their country like so many have. In spite of being told to go back to where i came from [central Massachussetts ] and that i wasn't a real American i love our country and would do anything to defend it.

[@johnlesesne1604]

Totally agree. Death penalty to guys like Hanson.

[@jimwerther]

Hansson and are the two worst spies in US history. Evil men.

[@azthundercloud]

I was in the usaf at ramstein. I was invited to Fulda. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end. It was absolutely insane there.

[@akllls617]

You’re a real American my guy I’m from Boston and even though I’m surrounded by people who hate America I still support America and I’m willing to defend it

[@linseycummings6734]

I was in wildfleken (71)@@azthundercloud

[@williamscott9459]

I read that book. Great read. The story never dtays the same. Thanks for the book.

[@butterflygirl2285]

IMO - This East German spy is a charming brilliant sociopath.

[@mitchellscheer677]

Doubtful. A psychopath possibly, but he doesn't really demonstrate any sociopathic tendencies. People need to keep in mind that this guy didn't do this for money or fame, he did it because it was his job and he thought it was right. He was trained for years to have a certain set of ethics and morals that most people don't share. He preformed a job that necessitates lying and hurting the ones you loved, which he was trained for years to be completely ok with. That type of long term education shapes the way you think and takes a long time to unlearn. That's why beng a spy sucks, because you never trust anyone since you know no one should trust you. He doesn't seem like he was acting in a way outside the norm, he just had a completely different norm.

[@butterflygirl2285]

IMO - We will have to agree to disagree.

[@starslikedust]

strong tendencies, absolutely.

[@axessenter]

As Psychopathy and Sociopathy are both pretty much terms to describe various extreme forms and subtypes of ASPD I agree that he has antisocial tendencies, maybe. I wouldn't dare diagnose him with anything remotely like ASPD though because I don't know him and I wasn't alive back then. I think his moral outlook on a lot of things probably stems from where he grew up and the time where he grew up where he grew up though, coupled with his later training to become a spy. Back then you couldn't trust nobody, your neighbours could be spying on you, and that was a fact east germany at least had known since the NS times, first by the Gestapo and now similarily, if not as violently, by the Stasi. So I suppose looking out for yourself first and foremost, being loyal to your government and keeping your emotional distance to a certain degree was complete normalcy. Everybody for themselves and everybody for the collective. I don't think you can grow up that way and not be affected by it, even way before he began his training. Plus, as I said, first Gestapo and then Stasi, having spies around you and just the fact that there were spies, that was completely normal. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary or outlandish back then. And it seems as soon as he had a reason to leave his life as a spy behind he did. He probably did what he thought was beneficial for him and his country at the time, which was, mind you, portraid as a time of war. While I'd say he might have some tendencies, because of this I don't think it's really as simple as to say "oh he's a psychopath" or "He's a sociopath". I don't think that's something we can armchair diagnose him with one way or another with that specle of knowledge we have about his life.

[@mitchellscheer677]

100% agree. I will say if I believe someone has psychopathic/sociopathic tendencies in certain areas (even I do to a mild degree), but it's impossible to say whether someone is/isn't a sociopath or psychopath unless you are a trained professional who is able to meet with them and properly diagnose them. Human behaviour is extremely complex even for the most trained professionals (which is why they too never armchair diagnose), so it's extremely nieve for anyone to think they could.@@axessenter

[@Chocomare]

I read the book on Robert Hanssen. Infuriated me to no end.

[@randibgood]

There are some levels of anger that there are no words for. The way I feel about Reagan and the ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF, for example. Also, when people on the "right" falsely villainize members of the LGBTQ community for the things their political leaders and fellow church members do to children.

[@otmargreb6110]

Humbug and it ain't even Christmas Time! 🙄🙄🙄

[@Petreski447]

@@randibgood the left will fall like a rock! TRUMP 2024

[@dthomas9230]

@@randibgood "He enrolled his kids in a private religious school to instill strong Christian Values ...like Copeland Ministry, or other televangelist scammers.

[@SamS-lq5df]

Name of the book plz

[@dipaschall]

Such an interesting interview. My Daddy flew the Berlin Airlift in 1949 and was honored by East Berlin in September of 1989. I’m so very proud that he helped Eastern Berlin from being Russian…

[@godofrock]

He is still lying and should be in jail. I don’t believe he can not be a seller of secrets to the highest bidder, he has no regrets no conscience and doesn’t care who is hurt except himself.

[@Avaitor_YT]

To be fair I highly doubt you have much evidence to back this up. Especially considering the fact that would be impossible because the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore.

[@Southernyaya923]

Well, he seems like a great family man to me. Yall are very unforgiving as if people don't change with the times

[@jocksword6685]

Just like Biden ! Still lieing and has been a spy since he was a senator ?

[@ofrabjousday1]

Your comment (and perspective) is the number one reason why there is such an incredibly high number of people who went to jail, and then spent years proving that they were innocent.

[@SUs-ml4fy]

Exactly

[@gdubya890]

jack flipped that fbi guy too easily. he is that good

[@tonydialsr7190]

Outstanding ! Thank You for this story.

[@Llampalleq]

What an impressive story that of Jack Barsky! While watching the video I couldn't help but imagine Barsky and FBI Rilley plotting covered operations the two of them, even running hide of their respetive agencies. This is an Oscar worth movie material.

[@joegoh1968]

Thanks 60 minutes ... you should do a video on US spies who got caught in other countries ... that would be interesting too.

[@RobertStricklandinKorea]

Bob Hanssen not only has 9 lives to give, he decided to live all different 9 lives at once.

[@a.ka.k.4702]

😮😮😮😅😅

[@a.ka.k.4702]

😅

[@buddyrevell511]

He has zero lives. "Well he's dead now, so..." ~ Bill Gates

[@arbaz79]

He died in June 2023

[@cherylfauth9543]

This man committed a crime. How can people excuse his behavior.

[@TheCrayonMan529]

It's cause he was a great KGB spy, and the FBI told him either we will throw you in jail or spill everything and work for us (informant). The FBI knew he loved his family (daughter and son) and he wouldn't want to be in a bad situation. BTW, him not seeing the can is BS. I also doubt the KGB thought he died of AIDS, considering he was friends with a Cuban (probably spy) who rented an apartment from a Soviet Diplomat lol years after he supposed "death". It was probably something more. The reason the FBI agent sticks around him is to make sure he's not doing anything against the US. He probably still has his house bugged, and they know every action he takes.

[@bobsingh5521]

Because he had little choice

[@alfonso1501]

He worked as double agent for the US.

[@frankG335]

Are you kidding? Look around you! Half the nation idolized a man who gave our secrets to the Russians.

[@IanAnthonyDeSilva]

Over seventeen thousand people died, from captives off realligon

[@SerephimLife]

So many husbands with security clearance have been doing this for over 20 years. Theyve done it to their children too. Rod Bradley is another.

[@ep1499]

Wow weird how everything the kgb told him about the us actually turned out to be completely true

[@milansudjicki7543]

Same as Russia did to Dagestan, Chechenya, Slovakia, Hungary, now Ukraine. Both are bad for world existance

[@bro6568]

Russian propaganda sadly has infiltrated the conservative American citizenry particularly the alt right and even some radical leftists.. I pray that most true Americans still have faith in our institutions despite all the foreign interference and misinformation online.

[@ЛюбовьФилиповна-ъ2ю]

Обычная история предателя .

[@BoliceOccifer]

They were right about everything except for how to get a passport, or where to find that oil can, or that he was in imminent danger and had to leave the country, What were they right about again?

[@jackiemk32]

​@@BoliceOcciferhe was right about the important stuff.

[@raisetheline]

It’s crazy how he said he had to do a year of fanatics training… I thought instantly he must’ve had some really good language training

[@Pizza-gb1ch]

How do we know this guy is not still a spy? We have been gullible before.

[@TheRoseChunsa]

Psychiatrist is crazier than Hensen saying demon tell him to all this criminal behavior when Hensen is demon himself!

[@DW-oh5ei]

How did he have US citizenship if he provided false information?

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Hansen is a fascinating mess of a man. A very hypocritical man. To those reading this, do yourselves a favor and watch a movie called “Breach”. It’s an excellent movie about his case and how they caught him.

[@Lee-f3e7t]

Already saw it lousy director

[@Lee-f3e7t]

Hanson died in June in that ged prison in n colorado

[@metognissefolly1105]

Wow! I am sure that we still have many of these people in our government and in many companies....

[@katerinagiannioudi401]

...and America has them abroad too

[@matthewreid6240]

Jack darcy a man with a fair conscience. Super spy very intelligent man.

[@Visionbroz]

Are you a good lier? The Best 😂

[@kevinaltizer]

Are you a good speller? The bessed.

[@starslikedust]

@@kevinaltizerbe nice.

[@kevinaltizer]

@@starslikedust be quiet

[@paulheydarian1281]

​@@kevinaltizer👏🤣

[@963seeker]

"Bob Hanssen was not trying to save Pricilla, Bob Hanssen was trying to save himself" LMAO 🤣

[@robertg786]

Jack Barsky, has a guardian angel.

[@damienjstepick]

Five years?! Whatever happened to death? If you’re a traitor, shouldn’t you just die? Haven’t you earned it? Wouldn’t that be a greater deterrent than five years in prison?

[@goonigoogoo5868]

please research this before you make your comment.

[@neilsingh5311]

I listened to a podcast about Jack in which he explained the deeper story of what his mother experienced. It is one of the saddest stories of a mother’s anguish I’ve ever heard. (There are multiple podcasts about Jack. The one I am thinking of is "The Agent" by Imperative Entertainment.)

[@cail171]

Which podcast? I'd love to listen to it! If you don't mind!

[@inzhener2007]

​@@cail171Lex Friedman. The one who says he grew up in the Soviet union, although he was 8 when his parents took him out. He also didn't publish interviews he made in Ukraine in 2022 because MAGA/ElMo gang told him not.

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

@@cail171 I'm assuming it's the 3 hour long episode of the Lex Freidman podcast that he was on, if you ever want to find something like that just search for it, I typed in "Jack Barsky" onto KZbin and the first thing that popped up was thee 3 hour Lex Freidman Podcast episode with him on it.

[@WarrenHolly]

Can you say which podcast 🙏🏾

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

@@WarrenHolly I literally just said it, read the comment thread before you comment. It's the Lex Friedman podcast.

[@dopplersquare3803]

A double nothing burger with a side of bullplop and a gallon of horsepiss for 9.99

[@ralphpadilla9283]

Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes once stated that .."Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end the faster it goes." I miss his short quips. 60 Minutes is very informative and is a mainstay in our world of information.👍

[@salaamseey]

As daddy girl, every dad their daughter is precious to them so I understand why he stayed. That hit home fr 😢 God bless u & ur family 🙏🏽

[@LMB222]

There's no god.

[@salaamseey]

@@LMB222 may God guide u the right path ameen 🙏🏽

[@VM-123]

Not my dad. He throws me under the bus at every chance he gets and he's been doing it since I was born almost 70 years ago. He is still alive in his nineties, and is worse now than ever. A complete malignant narcissist. I want nothing to do with him.

[@yerik6034]

@@VM-123isn’t it kinda sad you’re 70, and still have this much hate towards your father? Why didn’t you get therapy? Or do rn? I’m 23 and I couldn’t imagine speaking like you do at 70, let alone now…

[@rurub1725]

Gosh I hate the internet. You literally don’t know what the father was like ! This person is entitled to feel however they feel. Just because you’re 70 doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to feel negative feelings towards your parents. Let’s not be dismissive .. Why don’t you get therapy and learn how to be more empathetic towards others

[@lianglu8259]

I'm glad the US treated him with humanity and forgiveness in the end. And I sincerely wish that no individuals are caught up in the clash between great powers.

[@360Fov]

He's such a likeable guy

[@frantzymerisaer6836]

I am glad he reveals himself and I am glad he is a good father.

[@anthonypallante4380]

He left a kid behind…lol

[@smangy5442]

is he a bad person? I don't think so. was he a good father? definitely not

[@lisa8351]

I would certainly not call him a good father.

[@hemmisis]

He should be trialled for treason.

[@garyfrancis6193]

“Trialled”?Do you think that’s a real word?

[@carlinetorweihe4246]

Tried not trialled. Forget spy life, your English insufficient.

[@thyseguye7458]

No mention of Jonathan Pollard, no surprises.

[@nelsonbrandt7847]

This was an amazing compilation.

[@xtraspecialj]

Boy, Jack Barsky really had a type... At least here in America.

[@seekinggodfirst754]

America's diversity is her strength 😊

[@jessicak4223]

Subservient?

[@lh98]

@@jessicak4223chocolate

[@tmn8547]

@@lh98 And?

[@lh98]

@@tmn8547 and what buddy?? What exactly are you asking me??

[@megacultureshock]

What a great story. An incredible report. I'm proud of this guy.

[@Coolagreen16]

I feel most sorry for his son - must have killed him inside to hear this. But, what an amazing story/life - seems like a really good guy deep down despite giving up his original family. 100% made the right choice.

[@iliketowatch.]

Read his Wikipedia entry. Eventually, he explained all to each family. He now has a good relationship with Matthias.

[@Coolagreen16]

That's nice to know, thanks!@@iliketowatch.

[@kimtv4437]

Maybe he said those words so no former kgb or anyone will make a connection about his german family, he make it so cold make it sound like he dont care about them, i think he done that so his german family will not be in trouble. Remember he disclosed many intel on each side, they all want a pound of flesh.. Just my thought.

[@EricMHowardII-yh1rn]

Why did he need a new identification name ?

[@tracyb1473]

Amazing

[@ruzzelladrian907]

Crazy that Jack used to live in my neighborhood. Basically my neighbor. Just a stone’s throw away from me!

[@derekthompson9136]

This country needs to wake up!

[@carlinetorweihe4246]

Well, go to it!!!

[@berhanegebriel3155]

One of the best documentaries by 60 minutes.

[@lizzapaolia959]

Sad 😢 that people would betray their own country. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@peggychamberlain9515]

This happens in our government all the time!!

[@frankG335]

Which country? Germany?