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Robert Hanssen, FBI agent turned one of the most notorious spies in US history, found dead in prison
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0:32Now PlayingRobert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who became one of the most notorious spies in US history, died in federal prison Monday morning. He was 79.
Hanssen was found unresponsive in his cell at the United States Penitentiary Florence ADMAX in Florence, Colo. at about 6:55 a.m., according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The staff tried to save his life and requested help from emergency medical services, to no avail.
No other staff or inmates were hurt, authorities said, and there is no danger to the public. The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that Hanssen is believed to have died of natural causes.
Hanssen was serving a life sentence for spying on the United States and providing information to the Soviet Union and, later on, Russia.
Hanssen was apprehended in February 2001 while making a “dead drop” of classified information for his Russian intelligence contacts at a park near his northern Virginia home. He pleaded guilty that July to 13 counts of espionage, one count of attempted espionage, and one of conspiracy to commit espionage.
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