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The Mole and Me

The psychiatrist who debriefed Russian super-mole Robert Hanssen discovered new things in a recent documentary on the G-Man's life and treachery.

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David Charney
Feb 27, 2021
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I’m the psychiatrist who met with turncoat FBI agent Robert Hanssen for a whole year after he went to jail in 2001, sentenced to life for spying for the Russians. For years I’ve specialized in the psychology of so-called insider spies, alongside my day job as a psychiatrist with a security clearance to treat intelligence community personnel. And that’s …

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