He was found dead in his sleep today. Too bad, he should’ve suffered much more for he was mainly a piece of shit Opus Dei cultist and right-wing dirt bag. If you caught any news about this sleazy hypocrite, Hanssen is most famous for being one of the worst breaches in FBI history: he gave away US secrets to the Soviets/Russians for about 20 years. Several moles/operatives on the other side were betrayed by him and I wouldn’t be surprised we’re continuing to suffer the damage he did.
I first learned about Hanssen through NPR via the FBI operative who was the long-term bait to flush him out; obviously he profited by writing a book and selling the film rights. Hollywood made a shitty movie as always and it was terrible since it took years to catch him, not a few months plus they really toned down how gross he truly was. Of course, Hollywood dodged pointing out how inept the FBI and CIA were too since they feel they need these corrupt and incompetent good ol’ boy clubs in order to make more films…I mean propaganda.
How did the FBI fail? Many, many ways.
- Hanssen’s brother-in-law, also an FBI employee, requested an investigation because he wondered how Hanssen was so financially comfortable on such a low salary; six kids? You need to be a millionaire in the DC area since WWII if you father a small village.
- Hanssen was notorious for posting obscene comments and whatnot on message boards. He was probably as lewd at work.
- Hanssen hung out at strip clubs in the area; rather odd for such a diehard Opus Dei Catholic. Not really, they’re full of shit, see the rapists on the Supreme Court and Pope Benedict XVI, chief coverup official in molestation cases worldwide.
- Hanssen had a mistress (one of the strippers) that he took abroad and he bought her a used Mercedes Benz.
- He was the son and grandson of well-known crooked Chicago cops. Sure, people are not their ancestors: William Hitler, Patti Davis or the bat-shit RFK Jr., demonstrate this. But, when it comes to corruption in the family line of work; Hanssen, Giuliani and Bush are families you must quadruple check.
- The grand screwup? When it came to mole hunting, our schmuck FBI leadership put Hanssen in charge of the operations.
His arrest, greed and cynical attitude to our security amplifies why the ultra-right and ultra-religious should never be in power. They’re liars, cheats and hypocrites who made Mao’s regime look like amateurs. They’re worse than the Commander in The Handmaid’s Tale (the novel, I’ve never seen the Hulu show). Hanssen videotaped having sex with his wife so his buddy (or buddies) watch, yet Bob Crane is the moral tale we need to know? I think the Reagan thugs protected him too. Many Opus Dei assholes are Republicans who allied with the B-movie actor despite all the actresses he raped when he was the president of SAG. So should we surprised that Evangelicals back a con-artist and lead the country in areas they label moral decay? The Soviet Union was a horrible, horrible murderous regime but they were paranoid and smart enough to spy on their leadership to keep them in line.