Robert Hanssen was a conundrum - an FBI agent and self-proclaimed patriot who became the most damaging spy in the bureau's history. Amid the nuclear threat of the Cold War, America's prized secrets were falling into the hands of its sworn enemy—the Kremlin. The FBI's hunt for the leak led to an astonishing discovery—the mole was one of its own. In "Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen", a new 8-episode limited podcast series, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett delves into the life of Robert Hanssen and unravels the chilling - and deadly - truth about his many contradictions.
Join International Spy Museum Historian and Curator Dr. Andrew Hammond for a live panel with Major Garrett, host of the CBS News podcast "Agent of Betrayal"; Dr. David L. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen for a year after he went to jail; Dr. John F. Fox, Jr., FBI historian; and retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Spy Museum Advisory Board Member David Major, who knew Hanssen as a colleague.
They’ll explore how an FBI agent sworn to protect America’s most precious secrets instead became a mole and leaked them during the Cold War and beyond. After their conversation, you can ask the panel your questions.
