The United States was subjected to treachery and deception at the hands of Robert Hanssen. Betrayal is commonly defined as “throwing someone under the bus.” Deception would be best defined as the act of falsely deceiving someone through appearance or statement. Betrayal and deception are two concepts that go hand in hand in most scenarios. In the infamous Robert Hanssen case, things went exactly like this. He deceived the United States and betrayed the country's trust in him for his own personal agenda. To fully understand how Robert Hanssen's case relates to the central idea of ​​Unit 5, you must first know his background. Robert Hanssen was an FBI agent for 25 years from 1976 to 2001, when he was finally captured (http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/osg/spystory/hanssen.htm). He was a father of six and the son of a Chicago police officer, of whom he was proud. During Hanssen's early life he shared a love-hate relationship with his father. His father constantly belittled him every chance he got. On several occasions he subjected his son Hanssen to physical and emotional abuse, mostly emotional, and even bribed a friend at the driving license center to disappoint his son just so he could make fun of him. Despite the abuse, Hanssen was still very proud and admired his father for his work as a police officer. He later bounced from college to college searching for his “calling” of what he wanted to do in life. He decided to work with the Chicago police for a couple of years. After working with the Chicago police, Mr. Hanssen decided to look for a job with the FBI, which he eventually acquired. Hanssen was an intelligent mind according to those who knew him or worked with him. Yet, what he... middle of paper... turned his back on his country when he felt unappreciated. He sold top-secret documents to the Soviet Union's intelligence agencies. In 2001 he was arrested by the FBI. His means in no way justified his ends. Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, which after analyzing everything he had done was too lenient for his treason against his country. His means was to aid an enemy intelligence agency in gathering intelligence against his own country and his end was not as bad as it should have been for something committing such a treasonous act. Works Cited nd 11 05 2014. .nd 11 05 2014. . http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/osg/spystory/hanssen.htm. nd. 12 5 2014. .