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Title: What a dissappointment.
Review: This book reads like a civics lesson for 7th graders. Atmosphere, texture and character development are pushed aside by oversimplifications and cliches (Freeh is described as "square-jawed"). Juxtaposing Hanssen's story with Freeh's story is an amateurish device. Attempts at a psychological understanding of Hanssen lack depth, and ultimately collapse into pop psychology. In Hanssen's treachery there is an exciting, complex story to be told, but this book fails to do it justice.
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