The Spycatcher

I Spy

Foreign Policy

History, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, FBI agent Eric O'Neill goes undercover to catch a suspected spy in the bureau: Robert Hanssen. O'Neill is just 26 at the time. Hanssen turns out to be one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history.

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0:00.0	Just imagine winning the Euro-Millions Christmas Super Jackpot.
0:03.2	We can afford our own island.
0:05.0	I want to get entertainment.
0:06.8	Cable cars.
0:07.8	Ski slope.
0:08.7	Imagine it's like being at your Nance House.
0:10.8	That your Nance House is a tropical island with a ski slope.
0:13.9	Ha ha ha.
0:15.0	Friday's Euro-Millions Christmas Super Jackpot is 107 million pounds.
0:19.6	Now that's Christmas Dream Come True money.
0:22.0	Play on app.
0:22.7	Euro-Millions for the National Lottery.
0:24.5	Estimated jackpot.
0:25.4	Subject to county fluctuations.
0:26.9	Account terms rules and procedures apply.
0:28.6	Players must be 18 or over.
0:30.6	This is I Spy.
0:34.6	Show from foreign policy.
0:37.6	Where spies tell their stories.
0:40.6	It was the first time that the FBI had pulled back the curtain a little bit and showed
0:50.0	me the evidence that they had that Hanson was the spy.
0:54.4	The greatest spy in US history.
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