US officials reported a prison death on Monday robert philip hansen A Representative from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that for decades sold information to the soviet union and then to Russia in return for a payment of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. He was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
“At approximately 6:55 a.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023, prisoner Robert Hansen was found unconscious United States Penitentiary (USP) Florence ADMAX in Florence, Colorado,” the Federal Bureau of Prisons reported according to CNN.
“Staff immediately swung into action to save his life. He requested the assistance of emergency medical services and resuscitation efforts continued. Hansen was eventually pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel.”
Hansen was Inmate in Florence prison since 2002 After being convicted, considered the Alcatraz of the Rockies 15 cases of espionage and conspiracy In return for the withdrawal of the death sentence petition.
He was one of the heads of the National Security Division of the FBI and Started working for Moscow in 1979, His delivery allowed dozens of spies working for Washington to be exposed, some of whom were executed. It also sent information on technical operations for wiretapping, surveillance, and interception of communications, and distributed American response protocols in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack.
Hansen told the court before his sentencing hearing, “I want to apologize, I’m embarrassed.”
