Robert Hanssen | 60 Minutes Archive

In 2001, Lesley Stahl reported on "The Secret Life of Robert Hanssen." The former FBI agent was convicted of spying for Russia, and began serving a life sentence in 2002. He died in prison this week at the age of 79.
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[@ShadowF305]

He’s the reason everyone in the government now has to report their financials 💀💀

[@GS-zc4sk]

I'm sure that's one of many changes resulting from his breach of trust.

[@stephenrobinson8244]

Well crazy they didn't have to before 😂

[@rad9693]

but do they really

[@BillionsMLG]

No that's because of Aldrich Ames

[@ContrarianExpatriate]

Hansson died the other day. He is paying his ultimate price as he so deserves.

[@user-ki1ey2te7l]

Everyone dies

[@elstongunn4277]

@@user-ki1ey2te7l Yep. Dying of old age or natural causes isn’t “paying the ultimate price” even remotely.

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

If He Repent his sins he be ok

[@Ultrarmx]

Everyone will face judgement. Make sure when you die, you die believing in Jesus Christ.

[@nigralurker]

He's in purgatory. Obviously he was a devout religious man that had severe mental illnesses created partially by his upbringing from his abusive father.

[@juanitoblanco1133]

He was at SuperMax ADX in Florence, Colorado. In a 7x12ft cell, 23 hours each day with no human contact. 15 consecutive life sentences well deserved.

[@jinka6171]

Gee……sorry this monster didn’t live till 90 yrs old in these conditions…..

[@BeranM]

I'm very disappointed he wasn't at least spying for Best Ally, Israel, land of the Chosen Ones.

[@tonycalabrese9064]

@@jinka6171 even longer

[@hunterroberts9951]

Now Trump can take over that cell.

[@JohnB-we7ym]

After hunter and Joe get done with their sentences

[@ESUSAMEX]

He was pure evil and I get tired of hearing urbane people making excuses for the evil acts of people. He betrayed his wife, family, coworkers and nation in the worst way possible. His actions led to the horrible deaths of several people who also had families. That is evil! Plain and simple.

[@tmthyha]

agree. I don't have inherent loyalty to the US but if you take an oath and defy it you better have a good reason. His reasoning was more akin to a serial killer.

[@abrackas1]

Chris Cooper played him in the movie Breach! Worth checking out!

[@TangledUpInBlue631]

Agreed. As a Roman catholic I often wondered how he managed to reconcile his faith with his actions. He has already faced justice from the United states. He has had considerable time to ponder his ultimate reckoning. As the idiom goes, God only knows. To your suggestion, I plan on renting it tonight. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Brando-UK]

Great movie!!!

[@philip-at-tube]

I just re-watched it; it's a good movie.

[@Anthony-jo7up]

Great recommendation, thank you.

[@davidc3839]

Thank you. This is my second time watching this. I find him fascinating - evil but fascinating.

[@chabelitapitufina1342]

I couldn't understand why this old feed was in my KZbin, until I found out that he just passed away a few days ago! I don't think he could ever be understood!

[@stellarwind1946]

This guy was so hated by the FBI/DOJ that they made sure he spent the rest of his life in sheer misery. Just for perspective, the typical inmate spends a maximum of 3 years there because of how harsh it is. He was there for over 20 years. The special housing unit of the ADX supermax walks a very thin line between incarceration and psychological torture.

[@juancana457]

Given the level of betrayal, it sounds appropriate.

[@Brando-UK]

To begin with he was tasked with finding the mole (himself).

[@brett8460]

He had 15 consecutive life sentences and was on lockdown for 23 hours a day. They made sure he never got out and he suffered as much as they could legally allow but given the level of betrayal and all the people who were killed because of his actions, it fits. Don't feel sorry for him at all.

[@RolandoP]

Setting examples to avoid other traitors is a good thing.

[@ibuprofenPill]

Good, he sold out his country and everyone in it.

[@earthstewardude]

I wonder how many more people are hiding in the shadows of government involved with this type of activity.

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Yes lots of them we will never know them cuz they're protected Above the Law

[@kingofwrestling9758]

Joe Biden resembles this remark.

[@pcastromedina]

Trump is another traitor selling his own country to the saudis, Russians, Chinese, etc etc He deserves the same fate as Hanson.

[@hypnophonz]

Hanssen functioned when people like Tucker Carlson would be rejected by patriots. There's little hope if people such as him and Marjorie Traitor Greene can be so open.

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

@@kingofwrestling9758 Yes he does family to.

[@minnietrout814]

Excellent episode

[@freundschaft870]

They figured out Hansen from a Patton quote used in the voice recordings. A coworker recognized Hansen using the same quote, then he was voice-matched and caught. He surely would have gone unnoticed for longer if it wasn't for that.

[@wwilliaml619]

It is amazing how long he went undetected. I am glad he was eventually caught but the damage he did was unprecedented. Was there anyone or anything he didn’t betray. Wow man…

[@ameliareaganwright2758]

You can thank then and now the INEPT FBI and CIA. Both are CORRUPT. NEITHER CAN BE TRUSTED. Both of them are "OWNED" by Soros, Obama, and the liberal "WOKE" factions, especially the media.

[@JelaniandKelileCast]

That's because our government is evil and they're in on it. He obviously became a risk and they ostracized him and labeled him a bad guy with their state propaganda machine that we call mainstream media

[@salk4858]

I too am this dumb to believe the government

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

In hope Robert Hanssen suffered tremendously in prison over the past 20 years. Good riddance.

[@cootriley6]

To you sir I raise my drink to you. Well put!

[@apr8189]

​@@cootriley6 I'll definitely drink to that

[@renatojrodriguez7469]

Hopefully Trump will do too

[@beagledog2001]

​@@renatojrodriguez7469 amen!

[@MrRocktex1978]

@@beagledog2001 he is not going anywhere near jail

[@ernarc23]

He seems to me to have been a classic narcissist. He treated everything - people he loved and hated, as well as classified information -- without considering or feeling remorse over their feelings, legal risk (posed to national security) or moral shame, as well as society's and his family's sense of horror and betrayal. To him, these people and things were simply objects to be exploited. The thrill of sharing his exploits publicly (in pornography) probably gave him a thrill - if, for no other reason, than the thrill of getting away with it (until he didn't).

[@Kim-Berly200]

I think his father was a narcissist as well! The apples don’t fall far from the tree.

[@highestandbestman1660]

Remind you of anyone else that also had access to highly classified information?

[@tristan583]

Yes , everyone you hate is evil and narcissistic

[@davidcattin7006]

Sounds familiar. Someone else needs to die in prison.

[@robinwilson2238]

Hanssen said when he was caught. "what took you so long".

[@rullvox5912]

He got away with this for over 20 years. This is why I've always had little confidence in the FBI, in general

[@renatojrodriguez7469]

Or maybe you are a MAGA paraniod😂😂

[@TheDarkDresser]

I've never seen an incident where a black person ever sold America's secret, so either blacks are not hired for these positions, because they are thought to be the ones inclined to steal and sell US secrets, and white males are hired for the opposite reason, because it's taken for granted that since they are "one of us," they are trusted and never suspected, and so given a lot of leeway which allows them to steal secrets out in the open. Hire blacks for these positions and the scrutiny and oversight would be so intense that even if any of them even just THOUGHT about selling secrets, they would be fired from the agency. Reminds of me what Serena Williams had to go through when she had to submit to random drug testing even when she was at home, while her white peers were never as heavily scrutinized, so may have gotten away with using performance enhancement drugs.

[@CKB-vi8nw]

20 years… They were sleeping.

[@4YOUBYANGELICA]

The smiles and laughter as they discuss this traitor is reprehensible. Maybe if it was your loved one who was executed because of him, you wouldn't laugh.

[@spinetingler-op6st]

They are giddy because they run both sides of this scam.

[@TheDarkDresser]

I was also repulsed and surprised by the way they laughed about something so serious.

[@KayAteChef]

I would smile if I discussed this sort of thing. Smiling has different meanings.

[@hypnophonz]

The way the US Media turns everything into a 3-ring circus entertainment event. And what motivated their diligent research? And upcoming made for TV movie?

[@TheDopeMemeSupply]

He’s a old man who obsessed over understanding a man so he can write a book and couldn’t be more excited to share his knowledge

[@johnfox9169]

I feel terrible for his family.

[@renatojrodriguez7469]

Yeah... me too, his kids went yo religious schools, that´s inhumane

[@zae6934]

@@renatojrodriguez7469😂😂😂

[@johnfox9169]

He got life at the Alcatraz of the Rockies in Florence, Colorado where he rotted until his recent death. What a horrible person he was. His abusive father played a role in the production of this creep.

[@donaldjackson9495]

Hanssen died at a prison in North Carolina not in Colorado

[@desertdweller007]

@@donaldjackson9495 Incorrect . He died June 5, 2023 in Florence ADX.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

@@desertdweller007he was released

[@DanoffRoad]

Oh John your so judgemental

[@deoglemnaco7025]

@@DanoffRoad yes he is. Yes he is. I myself am an astronomer……. What this man did does not matter at all in the cosmic scale of things. Duck it!

[@lenmessi27]

Great journalism

[@JustAThought155]

Wow! I never saw this episode. I am absolutely perplexed by this man’s actions. I always wonder what his father saw in him that no one else could detect? His father called him a loser. However, everyone else had no (major) issues with him. He was a FBI leader, the Federal Bureau of Investigation! Like…whoa! No one detected such craziness in this man.

[@l.a.3479]

I wouldn't say no one else had issues with him besides his father. Read the government's investigative report. His job performance at the FBI was considered average. Because of that, and because of his lack of people and leadership skills, he was never put on a "promotion track" within the FBI for positions in leadership.

[@JustAThought155]

@@l.a.3479, True. Yet he remained a high security agent tracking counter intelligence. Weird stuff.

[@lisamay4376]

If I was his kid I’d change my name and move away.

[@rosealtidor442]

They likely did

[@kelechinwadigo3260]

Normally, top spies, eventually get expose by other top spy. Tough game

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Anytime there is an Archive upload i assune the person died, Wasn't disappointed

[@wesmedia]

I just found this story. I had a brief encounter with Hansen when he was at the FBI training “farm”. I was a musician playing at the Springfield Holiday Inn and he was working part-time as a bartender for a while. He made it no secret that he was going to be an agent one day, and was studying Russian. One night I went up to the bar and asked him for a glass of water in Russian. I had looked up how to say that from a travel book that I have. On my next break he confronted me as I was coming out of the bathroom in a fairly dark hallway. He was a pretty tall guy and he just stood there waiting for me, and asked me bluntly how I knew Russian. I told him that I really didn’t, and I had just looked it up to prank him. I only saw him a couple of times after that.

[@hammerr]

There's a tremendous amount of self importance shown in this tiny little anecdote

[@ciro8861]

fighting a struggling to find new words to describe him....he thought he was untouchable and could do what he wanted when he wanted it

[@zephyrus001]

The question about writing erotica was weird. Why is it taken for granted that this was a red flag? You can't really even make a case for blackmail since he was doing it in his own name.

[@peggystoutemorin4529]

Handsome? With those vampire fangs? What's stunning is that they were all clueless about him...for 22 years.

[@emjay2045]

Just like “Agent Orange!” Lock him up

[@teenoneofyabusiness1424]

🤡🤡

[@gjmbarusha6999]

Well, He’s your next agent 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Get used to it or move to Russia!

[@kevinjurkiewicz9557]

Brainwashed!

[@MrRocktex1978]

never gonna happen loser

[@bobbylee_]

Is it me or are the guys being interviewed by the 60 Minutes journalists bending over backwards to make excuses for Hanssen? They seemed fascinated by him.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

This is a very old episode, from 2001.

[@jerryjerrylahngenhairy4724]

They're authors

[@laurencebrooks7699]

He didn't deserve a pension as he did not serve faithfully

[@georgekraus9357]

His pension was saved and turned over to his wife as part of the guilty plea agreement.

[@thechemtrailkid]

they probably felt bad for his wife and so gave into a demand that would get him to talk while still being palatable to most people observing

[@kevincarr335]

I was thinking that too

[@elstongunn4277]

And his wife didn’t deserve his pension, either. She still loved him after everything came out, and even forgave him. She’s as sick as he was with the same level of morals: none. His pension should’ve been given to the families of his victims.

[@t.martin3179]

​@@elstongunn4277 More to benefit his children who were also victims.

[@ardeladimwit]

Look, the FBI and CIA never clean out their own closets or investigate their own people because they are so busy snooping on innocent bystanders. Both organizations have long histories of ignoring the garbage in their midst rather than investigating it and cleaning it. So long as they can keep the preppie good boy look or Sunday School kid look to the public, that's all that matters.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

He thought he was untouchable.

[@robinsattahip2376]

Amazing how CBS chose to concentrate on Hansen's sexual perversions first, how he was caught and how much damage he did is far more important.

[@highestandbestman1660]

Remind you of anyone else that also had access to highly classified information?

[@angelcorrea9515]

How did you know the secret of confesión

[@duetsteam9611]

HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO BETRAY whatever he was connected to!!! what a personality!!

[@esthert6416]

Incredible.

[@brianglade848]

They said his breath smelled like dog poo

[@margiesoapyhairbillian4754]

Betty , i wish you were alive to see this. I know you would like to see this. Miss you.

[@brandontruong9172]

Damn this story is crazy

[@krxstian_9863]

He got away with this for 20 years….how did no one in the fbi not notice this😂?

[@truesonic669]

This is crazy

[@frankdenardo8684]

He kicked the bucket 🪣

[@user-ki1ey2te7l]

News flash: Everyone kicks the bucket

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@user-ki1ey2te7l I was totally surprised that he kicked the bucket 🪣

[@flowerpower8722]

Maybe he had a true dual personality. A real Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.

[@PokePetie]

Call it "dramatically immoral" or try to come up with a new word ... But evil and greed sum it all up

[@truesonic669]

Larry is a legend

[@YoureMrLebowski]

4:31 "...the pornographic net." 😆

[@cootriley6]

No loss!

[@danielschick7554]

The fact he did all that for only $600K says a lot as well.

[@amartyaroy3754]

600k in the 80s and 90s is a lot more than a million today.

[@adelebz7]

Watch those "quiet types." YIKES!!😮😮😮

[@cynthiamarie2107]

The quiet unassuming computer nerds tend to be the most resentful.

[@mysterymayhem7020]

hansson died yesterday in prison

[@Brando-UK]

This is why they posted the Hansen episode of 60 minutes that originally aired about 15-20 years ago.

[@jimanderson5883]

Good

[@izregistered]

Gave away secrets? Paid over $600k? That’s not giving secrets away. Who writes this BS?

[@lr8763]

He’s kind of like the embodiment of the Catholic Church. I’d be curious of his childhood and whether he spent a lot of time with any particular priest or priests.

[@KayAteChef]

I think he was wired differently.

[@pulp3215]

I read "The Spy Next Door" when i was in 9th grade which detailed his life. In the book (and this was literally 20 years ago when i read it) it said that when he was a kid, him and his friend played baseball after school. His friend got hit in the head by a baseball and afterwards they went to Robert's home. Robert's friend then asked if he could use the bathroom. Minutes went by and he didn't come out. Robert then went into bathroom only to discover his friend lying on the ground dead. In the book it suggested that this moment in Robert's life had a profound effect.

[@Flint_Ironstag]

He actually converted to Catholicism for his wife

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

I wouldn't say it's just Catholics, all of conservative Christians are hypocritical, they have this ridiculously high moral standard, for everyone but themselves.

[@chrixMiller]

Spies and their peccadillos!

[@moderateswag69]

The first 4 minutes was unnecessary LMFAO

[@Pure629]

60 minutes or 14 minutes?

[@dougjohnson4266]

Love to know where in the Bible it says directly anything about Communism.

[@ninjaked1265]

The Bible doesn’t need to be explicit about everything

[@dougjohnson4266]

@ninjaked1265 Yes, and this is why we have the Middle East mess. What a great and all-knowing entity.

[@fugetaboutit2050]

The keys are so sensitive and always log me out of KZbin

[@JoseRamirez-lf6wi]

I Remember this case was big back in the day i think his wife is from Colombia.

[@misterspikex]

You’re thinking of Aldrich Ames.

[@fmayer1507]

This shows how incompetent the FBI was and how we the people need to overhaul the intelligence community by requiring all people under the pressure of covert operations to be evaluated by a highly qualified psychiatrist and to be under continous evaluation with no lone person operations or access.

[@crazyaces4042]

so what happened to his wife after all this?

[@MrMan-sy4ev]

It’s strange, but I’m bothered more by the things he did to his wife than the damaged he caused with his espionage. And I think that’s because I could have believed the espionage was a matter of ideologies. I can respect a man of principles, even if they are ones I disagree with. But recording the things he did with his wife was unequivocally evil. It tells me he had no principles, he simply did what he wanted.

[@fumanpoo4725]

Good riddance. You do not betray your friends.

[@billyyank5807]

He's locked away forever at ADX Florence. Worst of the worst locked away with him.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

He WAS. He is dead.

[@sethlutz4694]

4:33 there’s something else in this clip I can feel it.

[@Holiday_Ringo]

7:20

[@alexyoutube196]

is curious how 20 years he spied for the Russians and in 20 years he paid in prison and dies ultimately....but he deserved

[@gennerobootz6490]

The kgb was probably like who the hell is this lunatic

[@larrybaldwin8325]

R.I.P Mr. Hanssen, he Embarrassed everyone in C.I.A to F.B.I ,

[@franciscotoscano9924]

How did he not get the Death Penalty, but living in a cell for decades might be worse and send a message

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Plea deal is the only thing that saved him. He was a textbook sociopath.

[@franciscotoscano9924]

@@ValleyoftheRogue I guess you can only get a plea deal is if you have some type of leverage otherwise ☠️

[@deannatheos4471]

That is the nature of EVIL pretend to be good right in front of everyone and act like a saint.

[@jojoaausone]

Now that Hanssen has vacated, I suggest painting his cell orange as a warm welcome to the next traitor likely to need an accommodation at ADX Supermax.

[@kevinjurkiewicz9557]

Yeah I think an orange room would drive Biden insane

[@itisjustmeagain]

Why orange? Yellow is the color of cowardice.

[@CKB-vi8nw]

RIP.

[@jeffs4483]

Now if only they would expose who really did 911.

[@uwcb1]

Pull yourself together.

[@jeffs4483]

@@uwcb1 Or as Larry Silverstein said, "Pull it". 👍

[@RolandoP]

They already did, saudi arabia.

[@jeffs4483]

@@RolandoP You mean Israel.

[@donquixote5370]

Good riddance.

[@judelarkin2883]

The Catholic Church dropped the ball on a moral issue? Unheard of. 😦

[@MsRotorwings]

It’s standard practice for the Catholic Church to provide bad advice. Priests don’t have the appropriate training or leadership to do what is right.

[@LdGunn]

maybe i'm an idiot, but what does his personal life have anything to do with his being investigated by the FBI for espionage? i understand including it as a topic, but there isn't a link there.

[@renatojrodriguez7469]

Yes, you are

[@anonymousperson9735]

Because they love to humanize horrible people of a certain shade.

[@hnguyen5656]

In general, having "dirty personal secrets" in your personal life makes you more easily blackmailed, so it's a red flag for the FBI, CIA, etc.

[@LdGunn]

@@hnguyen5656 ah this makes sense

[@Aristotelezz]

Robert Hanssen is called the epitome of an amoral person. Makes me wonder about that guy who makes headlines lately about mishandeling classified stuff...

[@johnscanlon2598]

Biden ?

[@niemanickurwa]

He was ahead of his time, he'd fit perfectly in MAGA

[@jacksonalex6525]

This seems like a story from a Mario Puzo's book

[@Brando-UK]

They made a movie based on his story called Breach. Chris Cooper plays Hansen and Ryan Phillipe plays the rookie FBI agent tasked with investigating him while appearing to be his new assistant. If you have never seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch.

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

​@@Brando-UK yes was gd movie

[@Brando-UK]

@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 sir I would like to thank you for your selfless service to our country. It’s because of people like you we get to enjoy the freedom of watching a piece of 💩 like Robert Hanson sell secrets to Communist.

[@PersonnaEvans-kn6xm]

Thank You, Much of Events prior to 9/11

[@tarabourgeois5807]

It’s weird.

[@TheGodParticle]

Imagine what the poor wife thought after finding out about the secret camera's

[@jarrodyuki7081]

intj entp............................................

[@davidc3839]

Hansen's motives are very hard to divine. He appears to have wanted to prove how clever he was to himself. By committing the worst offense in connection with his job, he proved his own capability to himself. He also appears to have got off on the risk.

[@brandonramnath7374]

He died Yesterday

[@jcoope77]

He just died guys...re-upload that old 60 minutes.....profitable guys profitable

[@katelynbrown98]

3:40 Was this man just so ubaware of the internet's vastness that he thought it'd be okay to post online with his full name?

[@Brando-UK]

Well none of the intelligence community knew anything about it until after he was caught and the agent assigned to bust him made it known.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

I am a scientist who works with galaxies and stars and other things you wouldn’t understand. In the grand scheme of things in the universe, this means absolutely nothing.

[@Jams90.]

Opus Dei? He’s lucky he didn’t meet Tom Hanks!

[@siegfriedsassoon5071]

American exceptionalism at its finest

[@Wizardof]

Did ANYBODY or MULLER think of talking to this guy about Trump/Russia links??? Why was this never thought of?

[@Fatherlost]

Greed, sex, revenge. There is nothing shocking about this case

[@JasonCannon-th3pc]

I don’t get why this surprises people. It’s about money. It’s always about money

[@featherweight1910]

Norman Mailer is one to throw stones… numerous infidelities and even stabbed one of his wives, nearly killing her.

[@carmensaify]

These guys seem as sick as Hanssen- like fanboys. No way he "loved"his wife and betrayed her in such a voluntary way. he seems like a terrible, narcissistic, cruel person- not a complex superhero. dangling money in front of desperate dancers to convert them...is that amazing?

[@JFWick-yc3si]

Thats crazy to know this guy betrayed he's country for almost two decades for and exchange barly just over a million dollars and a couple of thousand dollar material item's 😮😅

[@Truthseeker371]

These spies forget to ask KGB to guarantee asylum in Russia.

[@samhianblackmoon]

His church enabled him

[@emjay2045]

Absolutely

[@cootriley6]

Good Point...

[@westernslav8855]

Because of the law of the church the church’s hands were tied. Because of the separation between church and state, *everything* told in confidentiality stays confidential. This isn’t just the Catholic Church, it’s all churches and other places of worship.

[@lasanchaadventures3567]

$600K just watched another video claiming it was $1.4 in cash and diamonds!

[@jaimetorres950]

I just read a book...I don't understand this guy: He belonged to Opus Dei, went to mass and prayed every day, and despised communism (?)