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April 2002 New Report Criticizes FBI for Failing to Stop Spy Hanssen Sooner VOA News 5 Apr 2002 01:41 UTC  
A special commission, led by former FBI and CIA Director William Webster, released its 107 page report Thursday. Hanssen, a veteran FBI agent, pled guilty last year to spying for Russia for 22 years, starting in 1979. He faces sentencing next month. The one-time agent said the only thing that could have uncovered his spying was a complete investigation of his financial position and deposits to banks. Russia paid him large sums of cash for information. The Webster report agreed, saying Hanssen paid cash to build an addition onto his house and that a probe of his finances could have uncovered his spying much earlier. The report also says Russia itself tipped off the FBI in 1993 that a "disaffected agent" was trying to sell secrets to Moscow. The report said there was not enough information at the time to identify Hanssen. The complaint about Hanssen came from a Russian officer who was apparently unaware of Hanssen's ongoing spying activities for Russia. The Webster
report recommends tighter security at the FBI, including more lie detector
tests and stricter access to secret information. Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AP.
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