Mensa's World Gathering 2021

Keeping a Straight Face to Catch a Spy: The Robert Hanssen Espionage Case (Room Lanier Grand Ballroom L)

26 Aug 21
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Tracks: Speaker (Non-Member)

Speaker(s): Richard Garcia, Independent Strategic Operations Consultant, 3RB Consulting

On February 18, 2001, Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with committing espionage on behalf of the intelligence services of the former Soviet Union and its successors. Hanssen is considered the most damaging spy in FBI history. This presentation covers the investigative operation to collect the necessary evidence against him once it was known he was the mole.