Editing Robert Hanssen (section)

==Early life==
Hanssen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] family that lived in the [[Norwood Park, Chicago|Norwood Park]] neighborhood.<ref>Havill, Adrian. "[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/spies/hanssen/3.html The Spawning of A Spy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424154142/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/spies/hanssen/3.html |date=April 24, 2012}}." ''Robert Philip Hanssen: The Spy who Stayed out in the Cold''. [[Crime Library]]. Retrieved April 11, 2012.</ref>  His father, Howard (died 1993),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2001/03/09/accused-spys-mother-wonders-what-went-wrong/26665427007/ |title=Accused spy's mother wonders what went wrong |work=[[The Ledger]] |via=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=2001-03-09 |access-date=2023-07-12 |location=[[Sarasota, Florida]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712132848/https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2001/03/09/accused-spys-mother-wonders-what-went-wrong/26665427007/ |archive-date=2023-07-12 |url-status=live |issn=0163-0288 |oclc=187953892}}</ref> a [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago police officer]], was allegedly [[emotionally abusive]] to Hanssen during his childhood.<ref name="oig">U.S. Department of Justice [http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0308/index.htm "A Review of the FBI's Performance in Deterring, Detecting, and Investigating the Espionage Activities of Robert Philip Hanssen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208154959/http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0308/index.htm |date=February 8, 2005}}, ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121011190021/http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/oig/hanssen.html Archive]) August 14, 2003</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Wise|2003|p=10}}</ref> Hanssen graduated from [[William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)|William Howard Taft High School]] in 1962 and attended [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]] in [[Galesburg, Illinois]], where he earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in chemistry in 1966.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/robert-hanssen-spy-dead.html | title=Robert Hanssen, F.B.I. Agent Exposed as Spy for Moscow, Dies at 79 | work=The New York Times | date=June 5, 2023 | last1=Baker | first1=Peter | access-date=June 6, 2023 | archive-date=June 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606005409/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/robert-hanssen-spy-dead.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Hanssen applied for a [[cryptography]] job at the [[National Security Agency]] following his college graduation but was turned down due to budget constraints. He enrolled in dental school at [[Northwestern University]],<ref>Adrian Havill, [[Court TV]], [http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hanssen/4.html ''Robert Philip Hanssen: The Spy who Stayed out in The Cold''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211034721/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hanssen/4.html |date=February 11, 2007}}. Retrieved February 6, 2007.</ref> but he switched his focus to business after three years.<ref>Dolores Flaherty, Chicago Sunday-Times [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222160610/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20031123/ai_n12526021 ''Hanssen, the spy with two faces''] 2003 November 23. Retrieved February 6, 2007</ref> Hanssen received an [[MBA]] in accounting and [[information systems]] in 1971 and took a job with an accounting firm. He quit after one year and joined the Chicago Police Department as an [[internal affairs (law enforcement)|internal affairs]] investigator, specializing in [[forensic accounting]]. In January 1976, Hanssen left the Chicago police to join the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).<ref name="oig" />

Hanssen met Bernadette "Bonnie" Wauck, a staunch [[Roman Catholic]], while attending dental school at Northwestern. The couple married in 1968, and Hanssen converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/us/spy-s-wife-speaks-after-taking-a-lie-test.html|title=Spy's Wife Speaks, After Taking a Lie Test|first=James|last=Risen|date=May 16, 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913213617/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/us/spy-s-wife-speaks-after-taking-a-lie-test.html|url-status=live}}</ref>