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Former FBI Agent Robert Hanssen, Who Was Convicted of Spying for Russia, Dies in Prison

June 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON—A former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history died in prison Monday. Robert Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal prison in Florence, Colorado,…

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Judge Rules on What Will Be Allowed in Whitmer Kidnap Trial

February 4, 2022
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By Robert Snell From The Detroit News DETROIT—Jurors in next month’s conspiracy case against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be allowed to hear about the criminal records and other prior allegations involving the defendants, a federal judge said Wednesday. Prosecutors asked permission to divulge the rap sheets and allegations…

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Slain FBI Agents Worked to Protect Children From Abusers

February 3, 2021
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FORT LAUDERDALE—FBI Agent Daniel Alfin gained international attention when he led a team that shutdown a major worldwide child pornography website. Agent Laura Schwartzenberger worked more anonymously, teaching children and adults how to avoid online sexual exploitation. Alfin and Schwartzenberger, gunned down on Tuesday while serving a search warrant at a child pornography suspect’s South…

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FBI Agent Quit Crossfire Hurricane After Request for ‘Enhanced Validation’ of Steele Was Denied

January 19, 2021
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A senior FBI agent asked to be removed from the Crossfire Hurricane team that probed the Trump campaign’s alleged links to Russia after his request for a more stringent validation of ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s subsources was rejected, the agent told a Senate panel last year, according to a newly released transcript. The FBI supervisory…

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