5/10/2023 0 Comments Cast of breach![]() ![]() O'Neill persuades Hanssen that he is not being trailed by the Russians or by him on behalf of the FBI. The FBI intercepts a message he sends to his Russian handlers saying he will not provide any more information. He tells O'Neill he believes he is being surveilled by Russian agents. He also wonders why he was placed in an isolated position in the FBI only a few months before he's scheduled to retire. The tracking devices in Hanssen's car cause interference with the radio, which makes Hanssen suspicious. O'Neill is ordered to obtain data from Hanssen's Palm Pilot and keep him occupied while FBI agents search his car and plant covert listening devices in it. While the FBI could arrest Hanssen under lesser charges, they want to catch him in the act of espionage, so they can threaten him with the death penalty for treason and possibly induce him to divulge the information he stole. FBI Director Louis Freeh is personally leading the investigation. Hanssen is suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States. O'Neill confronts his handler in the undercover assignment, Kate Burroughs, and she admits the sexual deviance allegations are only a secondary consideration. O'Neill finds no evidence of Hanssen leading a secret double life and develops a growing respect for his boss. A devout Catholic who is also a member of Opus Dei, Hanssen urges O'Neill, a lapsed Catholic, and his secular East German-born wife to become active churchgoers. He calls the bureau's information technology systems antiquated and laments the lack of coordination and information exchange with other intelligence agencies.Įventually, Hanssen becomes a friend and mentor to O'Neill and takes a personal interest in him and his wife Juliana, who is suspicious of Hanssen and resents his intrusions. He frequently rails against the bureaucracy of the FBI and complains that only those who regularly "shoot guns" are considered for senior positions instead of those, like himself, who are involved in vital national security matters. Initially, Hanssen insists on a strict formality between the two men. Hanssen has been recalled to FBI headquarters ostensibly to head up a new division specializing in Information Assurance. O'Neill served as a consultant on the film.Įric O'Neill is a young FBI employee assigned to work undercover as a clerk to Robert Hanssen, a senior agent he is told is suspected of being a sexual deviant. The screenplay by Ray, Adam Mazer, and William Rotko is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades, and Eric O'Neill, who worked as his assistant and helped bring about his downfall. "Breach" is a 2007 American docudrama directed by Billy Ray. Released = flagicon|USA February 16, 2007
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