The Hill: “Robert Hanssen, most damaging spy in FBI history, found dead in prison cell”

Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for Russia and the former Soviet Union, was found dead in his prison cell.

via thehill:

Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for Russia and the former Soviet Union, was found dead in his prison cell Monday, according to a release obtained by CBS News.

Hanssen was found unresponsive at the federal correctional complex in Florence, Colo., pronounced dead after life-saving measures were attempted, according to the release from Kristie Breshears, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) director of communications.

“Staff requested emergency medical services and life-saving efforts continued. The inmate was subsequently pronounced dead by outside emergency medical personnel,” the release reads.