The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
by Vise, David A
ISBN: 0871138344
ISBN-13: 9780871138347
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The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
Vise, David A
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. From By the time fellow FBI agents arrested Robert Hanssen in February 2001, he'd been spying for the Russians off and on for two decades. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post scribe Vise attempts to explain why Hanssen did it and how he got away with it in this comprehensive account. Hanssen, says Vise, was a highly intelligent but socially inept loner who felt "overlooked and underappreciated" by his colleagues at the Bureau. Determined to prove he was better than them and eager to profit from his superiority Hanssen decided to begin passing classified documents to his KGB counterparts in exchange for diamonds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. He also revealed the names of at least nine U.S. spies working in the KGB, several of whom were subsequently executed. But the FBI, Vise writes, was so blind to its own vulnerabilities that it ignored the warning signs even when Hanssen's brother-in-law (also an FBI agent) reported that Hanssen was hiding huge sums of cash at home. Vise adheres to a plain newspaper style in his account, which steals some of the excitement from Hanssen's dramatic spy craft; he also includes long, needless digressions on the career of FBI Director Louis Freeh. But Vise's research and reporting are first-rate and his sources (Hanssen's wife, mother and best friend, as well as other FBI agents and ex-KGB operatives) are excellent. This is a chilling portrait of a man who betrayed his country simply to see if he could. (Jan.) Forecast: This is one of a trio of books on Hanssen, including The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold (Forecasts, Oct. 1), one of which came in too late for review (see note, The Spy Next Door, page 59). The market may be too crowded for Atlantic's optimistic 50,000-copy first printing. 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. 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. 2001. 6th printing. Hardcover. New/New DJ. ( more information) Offered by Keeper of the Page (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an ex-library book or a book club edition. Includes author's note, a note to the reader, prologue, 21 chapters, epilogue, 3 appendixes, sources, numerous photographs, and a photograph and a brief biography of the author. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket.. Number Line 10 9. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Measures: 6-1/4" x 9-1/2". 272 Pages. ( more information) Offered by JP's Books and Beyond (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or a Book Club Edition. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Includes numerous photographs, author's note, a note to the reader, map, prologue, 21 chapters, epilogue, 3 appendixes, sources, and a photograph and a brief biography of the author. Previous Owner's name inside.. Stated 1st Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Measures: 6-1/4" x 9-1/4". 269 Pages. ( more information) Offered by JP's Books and Beyond (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002. Clean, tight copy with no writings or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or Book Club Edition. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Includes numerous photographs, Author's Note, A Note to the Reader, Prologue, 21 Chapters, Epilogue, 3 Appendixes, Sources, and a photograph with brief biography of the author.. Stated First Edition 10987654321. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Measures: 6-1/4" x 9-1/2". 272 Pages. ( more information) Offered by JP's Books and Beyond (United States)
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. First Edition: Later Printing: HardCover! 8vo., 372 pages. Illustrated with Map intext! "The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History." Previous owner's name plate on inside front pastedown, otherwise this book is unmarked and very good in a very good unmarked dust jacket. Now in a clear plastic protector this is a very attractive copy of this title! ISBN: 0871138344 ( more information) Offered by Ecce Puer Fine Books (United States)
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. A clean tight book. Feels unread. The jacket has several scratches on the back. No other defects. A very nice copy in a fresh Brodart jacket cover. 272 pages.. ISBN: 0871138344. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Near Fine in Brodart. Illus. by N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spies, Biography, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation. ( more information) Offered by Pulp Fiction (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole : The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
Vise, David A
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 2002. Hardcover, Dust Jacket, clean edgepapers, unmarked text, square, tight binding, light shelf wear, Bright Dust Jacket ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Operated Bookstore Online Since '99 **. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ( more information) Offered by OLD RANCH BOOKS (A Family Bookstore Online Since '99) (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 2002 11th printing hardcover and dust jacket. Book is excellent. Dust jacket has one tiny tear at bottom back edge. Protective mylr cover. . ( more information) Offered by SVIRDEN BOOKS (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole
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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. 272 pp. Illus. with B&W photos. The unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in FBI history. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Paperback Recycler (United States)
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THE BUREAU AND THE MOLE
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 272 pages . ( more information) Offered by SandyACo (United States)
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Bureau and the Mole, The: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
Vise, David
Atlantic Monthly Press. Hardcover. New - Brand New - . An incredible story of an American Traitor and the man who ultimately brought him to justice. Robert Phillip Hanssen, known as the most dangerous double agent in FBI History, almost got away with it all. Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author this book has all the details, trickery, mystery and answers that made both men famous. ISBN: 0871138344. ( more information) Offered by Love For Books (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0-87113-834-4. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 272 pp. Third printing. The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges and the jacket edges. "The unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the most dangerous double agent in FBI history." Keywords: Espionage. ( more information) Offered by Persephone's Books (United States)
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The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
Vise, David A
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002 Near-new copy - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Price inside dustcover: $25.00 - 272 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated. - In 1979, FBI Agent Robert Philip Hanssen began to sell some of America's most closely guarded intelligence secrets to the Soviet Union. Over the next twenty-two years, the massive volume of information he divulged to the Russians from the FBI, CIA, NSA, and White House would compromise decades of espionage work and put the national security of the United States in immediate jeopardy. But during the mid-1990s, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh discovered that there was a mole within the Bureau, and he began to set the trap that would expose the traitor within its midst. This is the story of the man who betrayed more of his country's secrets than any other spy in American history -- and of the crime-fighting legend who would bring him to justice. The Bureau and the Mole takes you into the shadowy world of Robert Philip Hanssen, a twenty-five-year veteran of the FBI who was a devout Catholic and a devoted family man, who attended the same church and sent his children to the same school as his boss, Bureau Director Louis J. Freeh. But as he emerged from a troubled childhood in Chicago to rise to the highest ranks of America's counterintelligence experts, Hanssen was also leading another life -- as a diabolically clever spy for the Russian government. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David A. Vise untangles Hanssen's web of deceit to tell the story of how he avoided detection for decades while becoming the most dangerous double agent in FBI history -- and how Freeh and the Bureau eventually rooted him out. Vise probes Hanssen's personal history to uncover how a seemingly All-American boy concealed a sordid sexual life from his family and ultimately became the perfect traitor by employing the very sources and methods his own nation had entrusted him with. Drawing from a wide variety of sources in the FBI, the Justice Department, the White House, and the intelligence community, Vise also interweaves the narrative of how Freeh led the government's desperate search for the betrayer among its own ranks, from the false leads, to the near misses, to its ultimate, shocking conclusion. The Bureau and the Mole is a fascinating, true spy thriller as riveting as it is unforget-table. It is a harrowing story of how one man's treachery rocked a law-enforcement fraternity founded on fidelity, bravery, and integrity to its very core -- and how the dedicated perseverance of another would finally bring him to justice. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)
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THE BUREAU AND THE MOLE The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in Fbi History
Vise, David A
Atlantic Monthly Press. NF/NF. 2001. Hardcover. ISBN: 0871138344. Near Fine copy, with tiny owner's stamp on rear end page. ; 352 pp; By the time fellow FBI agents arrested Robert Hanssen in February 2001, he'd been spying for the Russians off and on for two decades. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post scribe Vise attempts to explain why Hanssen did it and how he got away with it in this comprehensive account.. ( more information) Offered by Crazy Horse Books (United States)
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