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David A. ViseDavid A. Vise
The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History Kindle Edition
by David A. Vise (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The New York Times–bestselling "first-rate spy thriller" of the FBI agent who sold top-secret information to the Russians for more than twenty years (Entertainment Weekly).
Drawing from a wide variety of sources in the FBI, the Justice Department, the White House, and the intelligence community, Pulitzer Prize–winning author David A. Vise tells the story of how FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Philip Hanssen employed the very sources and methods his own nation had entrusted to him in a devious game of deceit—simply because he had something to prove. Vise also interweaves the narrative of how FBI director Louis J. Freeh led the government's desperate search for its betrayer among its own ranks, from the false leads, to the near misses, to its ultimate, shocking conclusion. Fascinating, gripping, and provocative, The Bureau and the Mole is a harrowing tale of how one man's treachery rocked a fraternity built on fidelity, bravery, and integrity—and how the dedicated perseverance of another brought him to justice.
"Absorbing . . . Vise's account of Mr. Hanssen's road to becoming a double agent is fascinating." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post, Vise cracks the code on a stellar FBI agent turned Russian informant. Sounds good, so don't wait for the film, due out from Jerry Bruckheimer.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The story seems to come straight out of a cold-war spy novel. In February 2001, FBI special agent Bob Hanssen was arrested as a double agent for Russian intelligence in what turned out to be the biggest sellout of U.S. national security secrets in the long history of the bureau. Why would someone spy on his own country? Vise, a Pulitzer Prize winner who broke the Hanssen story in the Washington Post, details how Hanssen did it and how he got caught but also offers a credible psychological profile. Hanssen grew up at the mercy of an abusive father who completely stripped his son of confidence and self-respect. As an FBI agent, Hanssen acted out the results of his boyhood abuse by fanning a growing resentment for the bureau. "His 'rage' at the FBI erupted each time he was passed over for promotion," the author reveals. "He fought back by attempting grand, daring feats of espionage. He failed to recognize that his progress at the FBI was inhibited by his [difficult] personality." This dramatic account--one more indictment of the FBI's record of late--is certain to be requested at the circulation desk. Brad Hooper
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ASIN : B0074A6HK6
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
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Publication date : December 1, 2007
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Berti Katz
5.0 out of 5 stars LIVED THROUGH THIS
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020
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A familiar story since I was alive when it broke and watched the movie version of the story. The book was a good, easy read with many, many details.
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Philip VanDyke
4.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2019
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Fascinating book about the Hanssen spy case, as well as the triumphs and embarrassments the FBI went through during that time. I found the emails in the end of the book particularly revealing about Hanssen and the Clinton administration.
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P. Schneider
5.0 out of 5 stars A very well written description of double agents and spies
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
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It is hard to believe that spies have harmed the United States. This book spells it out and makes you wonder why the FBI was so easily fooled by Robert Hansen.
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Hammarhead
3.0 out of 5 stars The Bureau & the Mole: Unlikely Pair
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019
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The pairing for some readers of THE spy & the head of the FBI relates how the spy & the director who was in charge when the spy was unmasked.
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Justforfun
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop reading
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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Very fast paced and great story. I could have done without the last two chapters.. Seemed like author thought he needed to put in graphic details to sell the book. Wasn't necessary..
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4.0 out of 5 stars An insane spy
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2021
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What an awful mentally unstable parody of a human being. The story portends the final decadence and politicization of the F. B .I. and other agencies. Hanssen is a personification of the leadership in the department which has been proved to be highly political, pretentious and inept. It seems the last of the good guys have left the station.
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bob
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2021
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I had a great time reading this book, but I have one issue why did you include the Clinton's here? I mean it's just totally unrelated.
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Romina Wilcox
5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2007
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A frightening look into the mind and works of a socially inadequate FBI Agent who betrayed the American people, trading their safety over cash and diamond. The most disturbing fact was his fantasy of retiring from the FBI and move to Moscow and train future spies. The author did an excellent job in telling the lives of a deceitful Hanssen and of a dedicated Director Freeh.
Undoubtedly written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist.
Check also: They Spy who Stayed out in the Cold.
Cold Eyes
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JOHN A. BROUSSARD
2.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating subject--a disappointing book
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2001
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There are two mysteries described in this book. One begins on October 1, 1985, the other ends on February 18, 2001. The first date marks the beginning of Robert Hanssen's career as a mole in the FBI, the second marks the end of that career. The mysteries are why Hanssen-devout Catholic, flag waver, ardent denouncer of Communists-turned to spying for the Soviets and later the Russians, and why it took so long to unearth this mole.
David Vise faced a tough assignment when he attempted to resolve these mysteries, and his effort to do so is only partially successful. Ferreting out material from government sources is never an easy task. In such a sensitive matter as this one, the problems are bound to be much greater. Even so, the author should have done more with what he had. Despite interesting asides, as in the description of the Opus Dei cult, too much of the material is "on background," and too much of what is left is inept padding-unnecessary appendices, long descriptions of William Freeh's career-which has little bearing on the core issues.
For someone who knows little about the Hannsen debacle, these pages will be an eye-opener, even though the story should have been condensed into a brief New Yorker article. For those familiar with the broad outline of what happened, this will turn out to be a disappointing book about a fascinating and still unexplained subject-what made Robert Hanssen tick, and why it took the FBI fifteen years to discover the ticking.
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4.0 out of 5 stars FBI Espionage Story
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019
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This book is good, not only because tells the complete tale on Robert Hansson's spying but it also gives the history of the
FBI and the Russians. It is worth reading
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John W. Collins
1.0 out of 5 stars A Major Disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2002
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I preordered this book based on its advance publicity. It was a major disappointment. Written in the style of an extended "People Magazine" article, it would have been better titled simply "Bob abd Louis."
It's reasonably well written, albeit in a breezy style, but you'll learn nothing more about Bob Hanssen, his character, or his motivations than you already know if you followed the news coverage of his arrest and conviction. You'll know more about Louis Freeh than you did before but most of it is "file and forget" trivia.
The author started out I think to write a definitive account of Hanssen's extended espionage but soon found out he didn't have enough material for a full book so he went to his word processor, dragged up his notes for a book about Freeh (a project which I suspect he had abandoned when Freeh's career went in the tank), and merged then together into a one book.
I felt I wasted my money buying it and, more importantly, my time reading it.
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Paul A. Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and tragic
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2015
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Interesting to read how this traitor was able to steal secrets, pass them to our enemies, and remain undetected for decades. Tragic effect on national security and our agents who were killed as a result of hi treachery.
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Kenneth Bergo
4.0 out of 5 stars I think that the combining the life of the Then ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2015
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I think that the combining the life of the Then Director of the CIA with the search for the Mole added extra fluff and took away from the story of the search for the Mole.
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J. Milligan
4.0 out of 5 stars what does the Hanssen saga teach us for tomorrow's spy track?
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2014
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A vivid account of incredible espionage from an insider who sustained a delusionary and warped world view of both himself and his country. The parallel careers of Hanssen and louis freed is interestingly documented.
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krb1961
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017
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Enjoyed the book and background on Hanssen's life. I wish me could have been discussed about the events leading up to the actual capture.
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pdgutie
5.0 out of 5 stars Had a huge ego
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2015
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I chose this rating because I enjoyed this book about spies. Mr Hanssen had a huge ego and felt he could not be caught. (It is such a shame that so many US secrets were released.). Book was well written, the back chapters concerning the escapedes of the Clintons are quite interesting.
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Mary Seko
5.0 out of 5 stars True spy novel-rivering
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020
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Such a good book. Well written and definitely gives the terrible cost of betrayal. Nice amount of pictures to put faces behind the names.
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Robin Natterer
5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable story
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017
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This book arrived promptly. It is a story Americans should read. We actually went to the site where the Russian drops were made by this traitor, when we were on vacation. Looks just like the picture in the book.
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Life Long Student
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2007
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This book was a page turner. The author built a psychological profile of Robert Hansesn as well as reported historical facts, to try to give us some insight into his motivation, as well as placed him in a historical context. How could someone who loved this country and was devoted to law enforcement become such a terrible traitor and cause the death of so many people? It gives an amazing account.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2017
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Good read
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