Editing Robert Hanssen (section)

==In the media==
The Hanssen spy case was told in [[David Wise (journalist)|David Wise]]'s book ''[[Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America]]'', published by Random House in 2002. The investigation was further covered in [[Eric O'Neill]]'s memoir ''[[Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy]]'', published by [[Penguin Random House]] in the spring of 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Neill |first=Eric |title=Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy |year=2019 |isbn=9780525573524 |edition=First |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]] |location=New York |oclc=1047648178}}</ref>

Hanssen was the subject of a 2002 made-for-television movie, ''[[Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story]]'', with a teleplay by [[Norman Mailer]] and starring [[William Hurt]] as Hanssen. Hanssen's jailers allowed him to watch the movie, but he was so angered by it that he turned it off.<ref>{{Harvnb|Wise|2003|p=302}}</ref> O'Neill's role in the capture of Robert Hanssen was dramatized in the 2007 movie ''[[Breach (2007 film)|Breach]]'', in which [[Chris Cooper]] played the role of Hanssen and [[Ryan Phillippe]] played O'Neill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=2007-02-09 |title=Breach |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/breach-1200510499/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006105533/https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/breach-1200510499/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2007 documentary ''[[Superspy: The Man Who Betrayed the West]]'' describes the hunt to trap Hanssen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atlanticproductions.tv/productions/superspy-the-man-who-betrayed-the-west |title=Superspy: The Man Who Betrayed the West |work=Atlantic Productions |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129114324/http://atlanticproductions.tv/productions/superspy-the-man-who-betrayed-the-west/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Hanssen was mentioned in chapter 5 of [[Dan Brown]]'s book ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' as the most noted Opus Dei member to non-members. His sexual deviancy and espionage conviction hurt the organization's reputation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Dan |title=The Da Vinci Code |date=March 31, 2009 |chapter=Chapter 5 |isbn=978-0307474278 |page=36|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing }}</ref> The U.S. Court TV (now [[TruTV]]) television series ''Mugshots'' released an episode on the Robert Hanssen case titled "Robert Hanssen – Hanssen and the KGB".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mugshots: Robert Hanssen – Hanssen and the KGB |url=http://filmrise.com/mugshots-robert-hanssen-hanssen-and-the-kgb/ |website=FilmRise |access-date=November 8, 2017 |date=December 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212217/http://filmrise.com/mugshots-robert-hanssen-hanssen-and-the-kgb/ |archive-date=October 6, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ronald Kessler]]'s book ''The Secrets of the FBI,'' briefly covers the case in chapter 15, "Catching Hanssen", chapter 16, "Breach", and chapter 17, "Unexplained Cash", based in part on interviews with Michael Rochford, who directed the FBI team that located the former KGB source that pointed to Hanssen after Rochford initially wrongly assumed CIA officer Brian Kelley was the master spy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kessler |first1=Ronald |title=The Secrets of the FBI |date=2011 |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]] |isbn=978-0-307-71971-3 |edition=Electronic |chapter=Ch. 15, 16, 17}}</ref> Hanssen's story was featured in episode 4, under the name of "Perfect Traitor", of [[Smithsonian Channel]]'s series ''Spy Wars'', which aired at the end of 2019 and was narrated by [[Damian Lewis]], and features [[Eric O'Neill]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/details/series/1006391 |title=Smithsonian Channel: It's Brighter Here |website=[[Smithsonian Channel]] |access-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814053801/https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/details/series/1006391 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as being mentioned in the seventh episode of [[The History Channel]] series ''America's Book of Secrets'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/news/robert-hanssen-american-traitor |title=How Robert Hanssen Spied for the Soviets |date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128170110/https://www.history.com/news/robert-hanssen-american-traitor |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as in the fifth episode of [[Netflix]] series ''Spycraft''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://noir4usa.org/the-mole-and-me/ |title=The Mole and Me |date=March 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331032110/https://noir4usa.org/the-mole-and-me/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and was the subject of the 2021 documentary ''A Spy in the FBI''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reelz.com/show/a-spy-in-the-fbi/ |title=A Spy in the FBI |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321104926/https://www.reelz.com/show/a-spy-in-the-fbi/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He was also the subject of the [[CBS News]] podcast detailing his life and espionage, ''Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agent of Betrayal Podcast – The Double Life of Robert Hanssen |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/agent-of-betrayal/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230005637/https://www.cbsnews.com/agent-of-betrayal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>