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The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold
" Written with compelling detail, WHILE INNOCENTS SLEPT plunges readers into[a]murky world... Havill's thoroughly written account is a scientific spellbinder...that is even more frightening because it is true." Pete Earley, Edgar Award winning author of CONFESSIONS OF A SPY and THE HOT HOUSE
352 pages, ebook
First published October 1, 2001
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About the author
Adrian Havill
10 books5 followersAdrian Havill is a writer born in Bournemouth, England.
He began his writing career in 1962 for US News and World Report.
In 1984, he began writing biographies of subjects as diverse as O.J. Simpson and Jack Kent Cooke.
He began his writing career in 1962 for US News and World Report.
In 1984, he began writing biographies of subjects as diverse as O.J. Simpson and Jack Kent Cooke.
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April 16, 2018
Read for spurious reasons - my husband knows the author, who lives nearby, I remember the case, and the spy's milieu was for a good deal of his career within 5 miles or so of our home. My overriding impression is of the man's contradictions (right-wing Catholicism versus providing the Russians with so much information), and the venality of his reasons for spying - using it to fund his children's school fees and extending his house.
November 25, 2015
Mikey Chalupa
Waldorf – Hour 2
ELA 11
24 November 2015
Adrian Havill conveys Hanssen’s intelligence by using his accomplishments in his workplace. In the beginning of the text Hanssen is taken out of the basic police academy course before graduating. This was because he was too smart to be a regular cop. When the author says, “Bob was pulled out of class by his superiors before graduating and asked if he would like to volunteer for a secret unit called C-5. Bob leaped at the opportunity and was shipped off to the center under contract without ever having to walk a beat or ride in a black-and-white,” (48), the reader sees that Bob Hanssen was a genius recognized by his superiors for his intelligence before stepping a day in the field. This shows that Bob Hanssen was now trained in a highly secretive police force that learned counter-intelligence. These early accomplishments show a confidence increase in Hanssen which leads to an overzealous attitude. In the beginning of the text you begin to see Hanssen’s impulsive behaviors and how these lead to his demise. When the author says, “Bob was being shadowed by an FBI Special Surveillance Group twenty-four hours a day. The SSG had watched him glide past the Foxstone Park sign on Creek Crossing Road in the Taurus four times on the night of December 12,” (23), the reader sees that Bob was too anxious in his secret missions which made it easy for this special FBI group to catch him. This shows that Bob had gotten too arrogant and had begun to think he could not get caught. His impulsive behavior of going to the sign where a secret message was to be encoded by the Soviets rose suspicions which eventually lead to his arrest. Bob Hanssen’s intelligence was his most admirable trait but his impulsive behavior and arrogance made him not admirable because he let those traits overshadow his intelligence which lead to his capture.
Waldorf – Hour 2
ELA 11
24 November 2015
Adrian Havill conveys Hanssen’s intelligence by using his accomplishments in his workplace. In the beginning of the text Hanssen is taken out of the basic police academy course before graduating. This was because he was too smart to be a regular cop. When the author says, “Bob was pulled out of class by his superiors before graduating and asked if he would like to volunteer for a secret unit called C-5. Bob leaped at the opportunity and was shipped off to the center under contract without ever having to walk a beat or ride in a black-and-white,” (48), the reader sees that Bob Hanssen was a genius recognized by his superiors for his intelligence before stepping a day in the field. This shows that Bob Hanssen was now trained in a highly secretive police force that learned counter-intelligence. These early accomplishments show a confidence increase in Hanssen which leads to an overzealous attitude. In the beginning of the text you begin to see Hanssen’s impulsive behaviors and how these lead to his demise. When the author says, “Bob was being shadowed by an FBI Special Surveillance Group twenty-four hours a day. The SSG had watched him glide past the Foxstone Park sign on Creek Crossing Road in the Taurus four times on the night of December 12,” (23), the reader sees that Bob was too anxious in his secret missions which made it easy for this special FBI group to catch him. This shows that Bob had gotten too arrogant and had begun to think he could not get caught. His impulsive behavior of going to the sign where a secret message was to be encoded by the Soviets rose suspicions which eventually lead to his arrest. Bob Hanssen’s intelligence was his most admirable trait but his impulsive behavior and arrogance made him not admirable because he let those traits overshadow his intelligence which lead to his capture.
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