Spies in America who stole and sold U.S. secrets | 60 Minutes Full Episodes
From 2015, Steve Kroft’s report on Jack Barsky, a KGB spy from the Soviet Union who lived for decades in the United States without being detected. From 2001, Lesley Stahl’s report on Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia. And from 2010, Scott Pelley’s report on a Defense Department employee caught on tape selling secrets to a Chinese spy.
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0:00 Introduction
0:11 The Spy Among Us (Part 1)
14:27 The Spy Among Us (Part 2)
27:56 The Secret Life of Robert Hanssen
41:52 Stealing America's Secrets
Letting a former spy work for the power grid is insane.
I know right. Lmao.
I trust that guy more than I do the justice system in America today. They only gave us by five years? The guy should’ve gotten life or death. Couple that with how weak our justice department has become, how politicized it’s become, and in some cases how openly racist it’s become It’s almost not worth having anymore without removing everyone and retooling the entire thing
He probably told the CIA a lot about the FSB and Russian intelligence tactics
@@damienjstepickYou said that so well. For me? I oppose the death penalty because I have Zero confidence in our legal system. To date almost 400 men have been released from death row (mostly due to DNA testing ). Get this : states refuse to pay for dna testing . If you want to get off death row , only The Innocence Project can get you off. The DA in the movie MERCY? He should have been out to death. He was promoted. But then someone killed him and they have no suspects or should I say they have a hundred million suspects. Shot thru the head in a parking garage. Not robbed or anything. Just Bang. !!
@@damienjstepick Trump trusts Putin more than the "lowlifes" in US intelligence.
My late father used to say "a man who betrays his family has no limits." That means, if he is capable of betraying his cellular family, he is capable of betraying country, company, his beliefs... These stories proved my father right.
Indeed
So true!
Our oldies premonitions are always right.
Add the Trumps and Kushners to that list.
I no longer have credit for my life or service or patents or my bank accounts or credit cards or phones or computers because of what they did to me.
This is the most intriguing episode I have ever seen, plus the man reminds me a lot of Liam Neeson, who could play him perfectly if a movie should ever be made about Jack Barsky.
Yeah so Hollywood could extort the truth even further ;-)
LOL Liam Neeson does look kinda like Jack Barsky so yeah that would definitely be a good fit if they were to make a story about him.
Robert Hansen deserves the sentence in federal court he received. He does not deserve Americans pity for spying the way he did in the USA 🇺🇸. His wife should not get a good portion of his pension for his spying and lives of 2 Americans. 🇺🇲💪👍
Some things I’ll never understand is how the Feds destroy some people for much more subtle crimes but others like this guy walks free. I think his love for his family probably saved him.
Never, feds must have got something very good in exchange. They don't care about anything else.
It’s all about usefulness. Look at Klaus Barbie, a complete psychopath. But he was good at finding Jews, French Resistance fighters and later after we took him, communists. I’m sure this guy here was very useful to us. The fact that he attempeted to get a US Passport without being a US citizen should’ve been enough to ban him from the country for life.
Probably because he did not cause any real damage.
Also, he wasn't a traitor. He believed in what he was doing, didn't do a whole lot, then got out. Our agents probably empathize with that. It's not the opponents who are reviled, they're just guys who could be you if you happened to be born there. The ones who are reviled are traitors.
I'm sure he provided info to the fbi in exchange for freedom.
"He's a very honest person." Both the wives would vehemently disagree
You have got to be a Democrat borderjoe Biden 2024, right?
Spy and honest? Wow really!?
@@harryparsons2750 I don’t think you could ever trust them other than knowing they will always act in their own interest
Think about what any deep cover agent, including ones for our side, have to do. It's not very simple.
Sandovalesther
Despite his betrayal for country, Hansen’s pension was maintained. Ridiculous
It's not. The world of spies are watching. U.S. wants to be a friend to the future spies who will get to the other side. You destroy him, you send a clear message and you get no future foreign spies or new potential info. You have to look a few moves ahead. Like in chess.
he probably traded that for names of russian spyes he knew
aw enforcement who is convicted of a crimal crime loses their pension.....the deal the government MADE WITH THIS EVIL MAN SHOULD HAVE SPARKED A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE......WHY DIDN'T IT ?
What an impressive story that of Jack Barsky! While watching the video I couldn't help but imagine Barsky and FBI Rilley plotting covered operations the two of them, even running hide of their respetive agencies. This is an Oscar worth movie material.
His smiles & smirks TELL me everything i dont trust him
The FBI agent he became friends with is still watching him for the FBI.
Yeah he did not sounded like he still had a soft spot for Marxism. But who would he be spying for ? North Korea or China ? Not Russia
Certainly. Thats his job.
Naaa, that Special Agent would be way past his mandatory retirement age at this time.
And Democrat supporters love despite.
and them watched by others. etc.
Don't believe anything a liar says even if they are retired
Yup, remember he was/is the best liar
Once a lier always a lier
Ha...ha...ha...the Russian KGB has no information on how to get an identity card or a social security number in the USA. You can only sell this story (told in this way) as a good advertisement to an averagely intelligent and uninformed American. I don't know is it funny or tragic how much you underestimate the intelligence of people who follow you.
I guess you guys have been badly burned by liars. Sad.
🤣 You act like redemption or repentance is a myth or perhaps a characteristic of aliens.
The FBI may have given him a pass, but that doesnt mean they're not keeping an eye on him.
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Jack is the very definition of "once you go black, you'll never go back" 😂😅
Definitely 😂😂
Jungle fever 😂😂
eew
Black people are human just like you
So what?
The report on Robert Hanssen failed to mention that he was caught by a rookie twenty-something named Eric O'Neill, who was assigned to Hanssen for his first case. Hanssen died just a few months ago in June, 2023.
Riley, Slattery and O'Neill. The Irish seem to be at the forefront of the FBI's best spy catches.
@@gerardodwyer5908thvvvnjb
Interesting observation @@gerardodwyer5908
How old was he when he passed?
@@DevanteRackley 79, according to Wikipedia.
Outstanding ! Thank You for this story.
Such an interesting interview. My Daddy flew the Berlin Airlift in 1949 and was honored by East Berlin in September of 1989. I’m so very proud that he helped Eastern Berlin from being Russian…
Jack Barsky played by Liam Neeson
It would be an interesting movie. And Liam Neeson WOULD play the part.
Nothing makes more sense than this.
He would be looking for his missing daughter.
He’d have a better dye job than that dull just-for-men mess on his head.
@@thegreatone11Maybe the grandchildren somewhere again in Turkey maybe Iran.
"Were you a good liar?" "The Best." Damn son.
I always lie.
Oh I remember this riddle. That means he's a bad liar, right?
What an incredible story !! Thanks for sharing .
It takes a special kind of personality to join an intelligence service. And this man has it and that's why he could pull it off what he did. Those were the times and now they are no different.
Wow, very low punishments or lack of. This is treason.
Stop using the word treason every 5 minutes
isn't it treason?@@nosuchthing8
@@aslantabe1447 My apologies, I think you are correct. It might be treason or sedition, but I'm guessing you are correct.
fbi would rather have cooperation than punishments
Ok, as stated by the FBI interviewee in the documentary, it would serve no purpose to put him in jail.
I love how the FBI just buys a house next to the guy they were investigating ........ I always wondered what happens to all the stuff they buy like this , and he said they paid the full price too.....
Sure, they got unlimited money from tax payers. They gotten money back later from selling the house with more money. Today nobody knows the exactly budget of CIA.
This country needs to wake up!
For the first story, I feel so bad for the son and the wife in Germany. I hoped he elaborated more on how they were able to reconcile because that felt like a very unfair father.
life is not fair
They're probably here and we dont know and for all we know he could be tied to the KGB still🤷♂️
Highly doubt he's still connected
Life is unfair
People like this never went to prison but people of color selling an herb that relieves cancer pains are still being arrested.
As someone who grew up in Jersey, born in Orange during the time frame, I was fascinated by his story. Even raising my kids in the part of Jersey that is right over the bridge from Pennsylvania. Not one whisper did I hear. Not even the usual gossipy rumour. All four of my grandparents came from Germany. It seems like he and I have passed by each other many times. Including that one of my good friends also wrote code for the same company he did. If she were still alive I'd be calling her to ask if she knew him. I am relieved that he has come clean to his new country as well as to his children. Even if his German ex-wife does not wish to have anything to do with him he owes her more. Perhaps a letter delivered to her by their son. No neeed for her to respond, but the collection of a debt long over due.
Maybe he did deliver a letter or some kind of apology via their son.
THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?
If I got married and my husband disappeared and left me for another family… I wouldn’t even want a letter. My dad left my mom and disappeared and I found him now in Thailand. I met his family because I feel I needed to but I never want to see the other half of my chromosomes and my mom is the same. It all depends on the person right? But sometimes, the past should stay in the past unless they are adding a great value to your life in the present.
yeah he paid up for that $$$$
And a cheque for child support
Amazing & intriguing documentary 👏. My eyes were glued to the screen the whole time.Keep it up 👍.
I read that book. Great read. The story never dtays the same. Thanks for the book.
This first guy is dangerous, immediately upon talking he disarms you with niceness. Guy could take your shirt off your back and convince you it was for your own good.
So he'd make a good spy then wouldn't he xD
I don't think so, cause you can Smell him
No chance he fooled the feds and cia with how much they watch him.
@@sylvia810Yes, after 40 years. 🤣🤣
@@mirba6933 He's playing the long game 🎯 which America will come to see.
I am a former American military man who was stationed in West Germany. I would have picked up this guy's accent easily!
I've been to Germany once. I think I could pick his accent out too. At least I would recognize that it's not an American accent.
Understandably and anyone trained in linguistics. As a third generation American with a German immigrant grandmother, I'm comfortable with the accent.
He use to say that his mum was German and thus the accent
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer!
Absolutely Great Reporting on a Fascinating Story!! Thank you for some great, intelligent mind candy!
IMO - This East German spy is a charming brilliant sociopath.
Doubtful. A psychopath possibly, but he doesn't really demonstrate any sociopathic tendencies. People need to keep in mind that this guy didn't do this for money or fame, he did it because it was his job and he thought it was right. He was trained for years to have a certain set of ethics and morals that most people don't share. He preformed a job that necessitates lying and hurting the ones you loved, which he was trained for years to be completely ok with. That type of long term education shapes the way you think and takes a long time to unlearn. That's why beng a spy sucks, because you never trust anyone since you know no one should trust you. He doesn't seem like he was acting in a way outside the norm, he just had a completely different norm.
IMO - We will have to agree to disagree.
strong tendencies, absolutely.
As Psychopathy and Sociopathy are both pretty much terms to describe various extreme forms and subtypes of ASPD I agree that he has antisocial tendencies, maybe. I wouldn't dare diagnose him with anything remotely like ASPD though because I don't know him and I wasn't alive back then. I think his moral outlook on a lot of things probably stems from where he grew up and the time where he grew up where he grew up though, coupled with his later training to become a spy. Back then you couldn't trust nobody, your neighbours could be spying on you, and that was a fact east germany at least had known since the NS times, first by the Gestapo and now similarily, if not as violently, by the Stasi. So I suppose looking out for yourself first and foremost, being loyal to your government and keeping your emotional distance to a certain degree was complete normalcy. Everybody for themselves and everybody for the collective. I don't think you can grow up that way and not be affected by it, even way before he began his training. Plus, as I said, first Gestapo and then Stasi, having spies around you and just the fact that there were spies, that was completely normal. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary or outlandish back then. And it seems as soon as he had a reason to leave his life as a spy behind he did. He probably did what he thought was beneficial for him and his country at the time, which was, mind you, portraid as a time of war. While I'd say he might have some tendencies, because of this I don't think it's really as simple as to say "oh he's a psychopath" or "He's a sociopath". I don't think that's something we can armchair diagnose him with one way or another with that specle of knowledge we have about his life.
100% agree. I will say if I believe someone has psychopathic/sociopathic tendencies in certain areas (even I do to a mild degree), but it's impossible to say whether someone is/isn't a sociopath or psychopath unless you are a trained professional who is able to meet with them and properly diagnose them. Human behaviour is extremely complex even for the most trained professionals (which is why they too never armchair diagnose), so it's extremely nieve for anyone to think they could.@@axessenter
This guy has an ego the size of the great outdoors, but he also has the luck of the Irish.
Nice combo....😮
"yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have done it" is such a cold line. Love it!
His name when said Fast 3 times becomes I AM THE *TRICK* Right there ..hidden in plain sight
I didn’t believe in Jacks (vel Albrecht) honesty and remorse for one second.
This whole story is a lie. I'm sure there's a book coming out soon.
And he just walking around like he didn't do nothing ? 😂 certainly he's living the american dream.
lmao
He aughta run for president.
Democrats america. All are welcome. Even russian spies
@@getajob2667if you were any dimmer you’d be a night light.
because he is white, the white american dream
What a horrible human being, a machine basically with some emotions. And people still defending this guy, seriously
Thanks that was very informative excellent report very well done.
I Just Love These Kind of Real Life Spy Stories.
He is still lying and should be in jail. I don’t believe he can not be a seller of secrets to the highest bidder, he has no regrets no conscience and doesn’t care who is hurt except himself.
To be fair I highly doubt you have much evidence to back this up. Especially considering the fact that would be impossible because the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore.
Well, he seems like a great family man to me. Yall are very unforgiving as if people don't change with the times
Just like Biden ! Still lieing and has been a spy since he was a senator ?
Your comment (and perspective) is the number one reason why there is such an incredibly high number of people who went to jail, and then spent years proving that they were innocent.
Exactly
How is his story NOT been made into a movie? Of course, Liam Neeson would be the natural choice to play the lead.
It is. Movie called "breach"
That guy should not be running a power grid😂😂😂
I feel devastated for his son & wife. Especially when he said he feels like my son.
Yeah! What does "feels like my son" mean. Quite a strange phrasing...
Same. That hurt
@@thevincentonpost Sometimes abandoned children don't feel anything towards their wayward parent.
@@Yuuzas_Eisome compassionate adults choose to right their wrongs before they die Compassion is something else you could work on
Maybe he said those words so no former kgb or anyone will make a connection about his german family, he make it so cold make it sound like he dont care about them, i think he done that so his german family will not be in trouble. Remember he disclosed many intel on each side, they all want a pound of flesh.. Just my thought.
"Honor among thieves"! The agency will treat an enemy of our country with respect and courtesy but would treat its own fellow citizens as terrorists! What a shame!
I had the exact same sentiments! EXACTLY!!!!!
Well the first guy, Jack, didn't actually get any of our national security secrets. All he did was give them some corporate code he had written. Unless I missed something? The other ones deserve to be introduced to a long piece of rope and a tall oak tree. Any American that sells or gives or trades away any of our information should. Even the highest office in the land. We'll see when the guilty verdicts are handed down, exactly how much time the ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF and his co-conspirators get.
especially black Americans
@@nyquil350😂😂😂 you guys always have it so bad. 😂😂😂
@@mystiquesquared They do because of guys like you
The movie "Breach" does an excellent job of exploring the life and capture of Robert Hansen. The always great Chris Cooper does a superb job of playing him.
THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?
Cooper is my favorite actor.
Tonight bad they didn't have a good director for that movie
Cooper is an expert in playing unlikable roles !
What a great story. An incredible report. I'm proud of this guy.
Wait. we're going to pay pension TO A TRAITOR! What the hell.
He could have just remained loyal to his marriage and family in Germany instead of having an affair and getting married again. He pretty much used his daughter as an excuse to make his actions appear morally correct, when clearly he wanted to stay in usa and continue his affair
I thought that too. SMH 😢
@@lindabishop1402 he could have just hired sex workers or could have just said he has a wife and son in another state. He went on to have another family while his first wife waited for him and his second wife got scammed pretty much
@oldaccount6152 yeah, I know, horrible 😢
It's much deeper than that. I lived in Germany over 30 years and have known Stasi officers. Had he returned he would have been liquidated, thrown in a wood chipper and used to fertilize a farmers field. He knew what he was doing.
@@Bigsky1991right! I can’t blame him for not going back. His son would have never known him if he had went back. I think it’s hard for Americans especially younger Americans like my self to understand that we have rights and are free to feel however and say whatever we want. In those times in Russia and Germany a lot were expendable if they didn’t get with the program and if you knew too much they very quick to get rid of you. They have much stricter ways of life then. It’s not like now where you can say no to things or speak out freely about things. Imo. Complete different mentality in that era.
This was fascinating . good job 60 minutes .
I agree❤
Thanks for this video I can’t trust anyone ever again !!!
Great reporting and story!!!
"Bob Hanssen was not trying to save Pricilla, Bob Hanssen was trying to save himself" LMAO 🤣
That 2nd spy's personality is WAY MORE common than than they know. Like, minus the spy work... he's like SO MANY guys I've met.
Urination?? LOL. Is this your spying alias?
@@gorylatko no, that one is yuriinvisible ;)
@@yuriination ROTFL!
Yuri is not what you think and for the love of everything don't look it up
This needs to be played On a late night show. Like Jimmy Fallons show. It’s so true , but funny tongue in cheek humor too. Love it!
What an absolutely fascinating story!
Should have thrown him in jail anyhow for industrial espionage!!
Boy, Jack Barsky really had a type... At least here in America.
America's diversity is her strength 😊
Subservient?
@@jessicak4223chocolate
@@lh98 And?
@@tmn8547 and what buddy?? What exactly are you asking me??
I've known many families that kept secrets far less damaging than his. I can't imagine having to make the choice between families that he did so I won't presume to judge him. I think it took a lot for him to come clean to his daughter. The man seems to have good character and I wonder if the KGB approached him later in life when he was more mature if he would have taken them up on their offer. Then again, does one have a choice where the KGB was concerned?
He's such a likeable guy
Its incredible how his natural accent comes out sometimes.
This is a true sociopath
IMO - And that is how successful spies get away with it. I am sure they have the same characteristics throughout the world.....
Thank God some people can see right through the BS. People are not as smart as they post to be. The cover always gets blown. However, these stories are quite fascinating. These agents of chaos are everywhere lol
Oh, you're so clueless. He's just a smart dude.
IMO - Give me a break. You are showing your arrogance.
Just the fact he is still alive tells me there is a possibility of him still being a double agent.
Yes but he switched
Once a spy always a spy
So, guy abandoned his wife and son, betrays his country and commits identity theft amongst other things. WTF is wrong with people that some believe this story is touching!
Because we have gone thru similar transformations. Going from a destructive, lying piece of crap and turning our life around. Plus we know of others too. Is it really so hard to imagine?
How many foreign spy are watching this now?
Hansen is a fascinating mess of a man. A very hypocritical man. To those reading this, do yourselves a favor and watch a movie called “Breach”. It’s an excellent movie about his case and how they caught him.
Already saw it lousy director
Hanson died in June in that ged prison in n colorado
Works at a major power grid. Damn😊
Now he is older and smarter and knows that America does not exploit other countries!🤪
Bob Hanssen not only has 9 lives to give, he decided to live all different 9 lives at once.
😮😮😮😅😅
😅
He has zero lives. "Well he's dead now, so..." ~ Bill Gates
He died in June 2023
I read the book on Robert Hanssen. Infuriated me to no end.
There are some levels of anger that there are no words for. The way I feel about Reagan and the ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF, for example. Also, when people on the "right" falsely villainize members of the LGBTQ community for the things their political leaders and fellow church members do to children.
Humbug and it ain't even Christmas Time! 🙄🙄🙄
@@randibgood the left will fall like a rock! TRUMP 2024
@@randibgood "He enrolled his kids in a private religious school to instill strong Christian Values ...like Copeland Ministry, or other televangelist scammers.
Name of the book plz
The best part of the story is how the siblings accepted and came together and did not blame their father
Unbelievable ......... .....
Psychiatrist is crazier than Hensen saying demon tell him to all this criminal behavior when Hensen is demon himself!
Wow! I am sure that we still have many of these people in our government and in many companies....
...and America has them abroad too
We as a people been here since day one and I can’t get in the library without a ID. Same with 911, they actually lived here with flight training. Can I do this? No I cannot
So sad and stupid that some people are ready to sell their own country. It’s like sawing the branch you're sitting on
He looks like Liam Neeson.
Crazy how the first guy had a successful ending, but let those of us indigenous to this country do something like that. It would’ve been a completely different ending.
Nice try but I don't think so.
Especially if your a democrat
IMO - The east German guy has something (like skills, information, etc.) that the government wants to use. That is why he is being coddled. Similar to the situation where J. Epstein was used for government purposes. That is why he was allowed to perpetrate his crimes for so long without being incarcerated.
2 completely different people and scenarios. One was a family man.. Other wasn't
nah just plain nuttier than hell ....
AA very honest man Thank you Sir
Jack definitely has a type lol
He should be trialled for treason.
“Trialled”?Do you think that’s a real word?
Boy does this bring back memories. I can remember the many times I travel back and forth from east to west Germany. One of the most frightening experience was when a Russian soldier took my passport traveling into East Germany through checkpoint Charlie. It took forever to give me back my passport and say I was clear to go through.
So what? If the US wndt jump into the war none of you wouldn't be born! Look what Germany is doing to Russia now! I think their heads are itching again!
😢
I wonder if it was out of your possession long enough for him to have copied it?
this one time....at band camp....
Why russian take your passport in Germany?
Fasinating !
Thanks Jack. Be safe & be healthy.
I can’t believe 60 minutes is still on the air
It has come far from the formulae that made it a long time favorite.
Australia has a version also called 60 minutes. Canada might have one, too. CNBC is Canadian National Broad Casting
As Churchill said you never catch a spy.
Excellent 60 minutes. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you for your report.
I lived in Poland after The Wall came down, but those decades before when Radio Free Europe was a thing seems so far away and kind of romantic. Thanks for this wonderful story.
Holy smokes ! That house in upper Mt. Bethel PA is about a mile away from where I live ! And I drive on that little bridge where he was finally caught, everyday !
One thing that man will do is plant his seed😂
Sure did it ☝🏼👍🏼 Thanks 4 that!🌞🙏🏼
As daddy girl, every dad their daughter is precious to them so I understand why he stayed. That hit home fr 😢 God bless u & ur family 🙏🏽
There's no god.
@@LMB222 may God guide u the right path ameen 🙏🏽
Not my dad. He throws me under the bus at every chance he gets and he's been doing it since I was born almost 70 years ago. He is still alive in his nineties, and is worse now than ever. A complete malignant narcissist. I want nothing to do with him.
@@VM-123isn’t it kinda sad you’re 70, and still have this much hate towards your father? Why didn’t you get therapy? Or do rn? I’m 23 and I couldn’t imagine speaking like you do at 70, let alone now…
Gosh I hate the internet. You literally don’t know what the father was like ! This person is entitled to feel however they feel. Just because you’re 70 doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to feel negative feelings towards your parents. Let’s not be dismissive .. Why don’t you get therapy and learn how to be more empathetic towards others
Love documentaries like this.
Wow incredible story.
Jack Barsky is using the "James Bond - No time to die"-trope: "You must come back, or else you are dead/dad!" - This with the transmission thing is 100 percent this trope.
Left out politicians in high places which is where the real story would be
Thank you for sharing with us!
Wow! Unbelievable
Fascinating story😮
I once saw him on Lex Fridman's podcast and I was also very impressed by his story back then. Fascinating character. Barsky retained his soul in this line of work, which I suppose is - even in itself - a pretty hard thing to achieve. That dilemma choosing between two families must have been rough on him. He sure is a witty guy with a good humour. This was a fascinating interview.
THEY HAD A B.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOR COLLUSION BUT IGNORED OBAMA COLLUSING WITH PUTIN IN 2012 AND THIS GUY DID NOT GO TO JAIL AT ALL???? HE GAVE THE SOVIETS COMPUTER CODE (INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE) AND NO JAIL!?!?
My favorite indeed
Abandoning children is a conservative ideal
Objectively speaking, he is a traitor who abandoned his nation, he abandoned his first wife and son, he's a bigamist, he's a liar (how do we know the can was not there or that he stayed for the daughter and not the American way of life. He admits the allure of NYC and San Francisco etc.), he lied about the AIDS. Turn it around and say he was born American an spied for us yet betrayed us. 💁
@@Yuuzas_Eilack of empathy and understanding is your ideal. He had a difficult choice. Luckily his kids don’t share your ideal and forgave him. Try it. I feel like you don’t have a very good relationship with forgiveness