[Criminal Number 18F]

Bamford was a close friend of Robert Hanssen and claims that he never had any inkling that Hanssen might be a spy.

Well, neither did anybody at the FBI. The CIA figured out that the mole was in the FBI, but the FBI would not believe them, and kept turning the Agency upside down.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Inyokern]

Me: "Bamford was a close friend of Robert Hanssen and claims that he never had any inkling that Hanssen might be a spy."

You: "Well, neither did anybody at the FBI. "

Be that as it may, it does not enhance Bamford's credibility as an "investigative journalist."