Spy Watch: Is The FBI Mole Still Lying?

Ex-FBI agent and confessed Russian spy Robert Hanssen admitted his guilt last July under a plea bargain that enables him to escape the death penalty if he tells the whole truth about his spying activities. The FBI has just finished six months of questioning Hanssen under a polygraph, but some counterintelligence hands are not happy with the results. They think Hanssen is still not telling all. Sources tell TIME the polygraph indicated possible deception when Hanssen denied stripper Priscilla Galey's claim that he had tried to recruit her as a spy in 1990-91. Hanssen said the attraction was purely physical and...

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