describes 33 packages the KGB/SVR left for HANSSEN at secret locations, and 22 packages HANSSEN left for the KGB/SVR at secret locations. The Affidavit also describes two telephone conversations HANSSEN had with KGB personnel. The Affidavit describes 26 computer diskettes that HANSSEN passed to the KGB/SVR, containing additional disclosures of information, and 12 diskettes that the KGB/SVR passed to “B”. HANSSEN provided the KGB/SVR more than 6,000 pages of documentary material.
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(h) For his services to the KGB/SVR, HANSSEN was paid over $600,000 in cash and diamonds. In addition, the KGB/SVR placed funds in escrow in a Moscow bank on HANSSEN’s behalf. Some time in the last two years, the KGB/SVR informed HANSSEN that the escrowed funds are now worth at least $800,000. II. KEY TERMS AND ENTITIES
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6. The term counterintelligence means information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassination conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons.
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7. The KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvenoy Bezopasnosti, or Committee for State Security) was the intelligence service of the former Soviet Union. The KGB’s First Chief Directorate (FCD) was responsible for foreign intelligence, active measures, and counterintelligence. KGB FCD intelligence officers assigned to Soviet diplomatic missions could be assigned to Line KR (Foreign
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