Former FBI Agent Convicted Of Spying Dies In Jail

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI agent convicted in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history has died in prison. Robert Hanssen took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow. Prison officials say Hanssen was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal prison in Florence, Colorado. He is believed to have died of natural causes. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss details of Hanssen’s death and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He had been serving a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole since 2002.