Espionage and Intelligence | The FBI Must Improve Its Counterespionage Strategies

About the author: Patrick Leahy, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Since [the] summer [of 2001], the Senate Judiciary Committee has been holding regular oversight hearings on the future of the FBI as it prepares for the challenges of the 21st Century. . . . [This April 9, 2002], hearing, [“FBI Reform in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Hanssen Espionage Case”], is a stark reminder that some of the challenges facing the FBI are as old as the Republic. Today, we focus on the role of the FBI as a protector of the highly...

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