| Number | 18803 |
| Subject | Espionage |
| Source | Los Angeles Times |
| State | California |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication Date | July 29, 2001 |
| Summary | A joint investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Los Angeles Times reveals that Robert Philip Hanssen, a confessed spy for the Soviet Union in the 1980s, headed up a domestic spying program for the FBI during that same decade."The role -- and historical irony -- of confessed traitor Hanssen has not been reported before..." The Times and CIR broke the story with the help of 2,815 pages of "formerly classified documents recently obtained under a federal Freedom of Information Act request submitted nearly 15 years ago." |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 6 |
| Keywords | Robert Philip Hanssen;spying;espionage;Soviet Union;FBI;domestic spying;Regan Administration;Bush Administration |
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