May 2012 by Rolf Stange. [53] Upon being arrested, Hanssen asked, "What took you so long?" Being able to spend time with the others and sharing. The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999) retells the racist murder of a London teenager. His espionage was described by the U.S. Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. Ames was officially blamed for giving Polyakov's name to the Soviets, while Hanssen's attempt was not revealed until after his 2001 capture. 2 likes. Finding nothing, Hanssen decided to resume his spy career after eight years without contact with the Russians. [46][47][48], The FBI surveilled Hanssen and soon discovered he was again in contact with the Russians. After the Oslo bomb terrifies Norway, a person claiming to be a cop shows up at the island to check that everybody is okay. I have reported on many tragedies, but those were very young people from my country. And he's going to rot there in prison, whereas I- I survived. The British director Paul Greengrass has made dramatizations of real-life events, especially blood-spattered disasters, the mainstay of his career. Viljar and his brother survive, but the former only with massive injuries. Hanssen met Bernadette "Bonnie" Wauck, a staunch Roman Catholic, while attending dental school at Northwestern. The killer is currently taking a political science degree by correspondence from his cell. When O'Neill could briefly obtain Hanssen's PDA and have agents download and decode its encrypted contents, the FBI had decisive evidence. The Russians then filed an official protest with the State Department, believing Hanssen to be a triple agent. Han havde fet lov til at komme med p den politiske sommerlejr p Utya, fordi hans hjtelskede storebror, Viljar, lovede at passe p ham. Amidst this, we see the tale of terrorist Anders Behring Breivik and one of the survivors Viljar Hanssen. [1] Her party won 43 percent of the votes and she was subsequently elected mayor, replacing Kjell Mork. Upon becoming a special agent on January 12, 1976, Hanssen was transferred to the FBI's Gary, Indiana, field office. He once said in a letter to the KGB that it should emulate the management style of Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daleya comment that easily could have led an investigator to look at people from Chicago. There are many challenges in such an approach. I didn't want to push them and it made me anxious. People named Viljar include: Viljar Loor (1953-2011), volleyball player Viljar Myhra (born 1996), football player We feel Viljars pain, and through him we feel the pain of Norwegiansor at least some Norwegians. the full scale of the atrocity, which may be more than his narrow shoulders can bear. A: Right now Im at my local cafe in Troms, its not quite Fruene, but still nice. Later, he hid a video camera in the bedroom connected via a closed-circuit television line so that Hoschouer could observe the Hanssens from his guest bedroom. He restarted his espionage activities in 1985 and continued until 1991, when he ended communications during the collapse of the Soviet Union, fearing he would be exposed. Hope, and love. Then the two narratives merge. Jeg sagde til Viljar, at vi skulle hoppe, men han var for langsom. The Russian officer, who evidently did not recognize the code name, drove away. . His time in prison can be extended if he is ruled to be a continued threat. Viljar Hanssen oli Utyan saarella, kun Anders Behring Breivik hykksi sinne ja verilyly alkoi. [4], In 1989, Hanssen compromised the FBI investigation of Felix Bloch, a Department of State official who had become suspected of espionage. The movie at this point transitions into a broad political allegory. [69], Hanssen frequently visited D.C. strip clubs and spent a great deal of time with a Washington stripper named Priscilla Sue Galey. I try to live as normal as possible in the days leading up to 22/07. Q: The phrase Utya-kortet, which some are reacting harshly to, is new to me whats your reaction when its used? Here's how the film compares to the true story. In those films and now in. When he takes the stand, Viljar closes his testimony with these thoughts: "But now I realize that I've got a choice. In short, 1) the website needs $22 U.S. (190 NOK) to stay online for another month and 2) the editor needs any and all help possible to avoid homelessness in the middle of polar winter (not that its legal here any other time of the year). They attended Mass weekly and were very active in Opus Dei. How did the youths react to the sessions? Amikor Breivik megtmadta a tbort, Hanssen nhny tsval a tenger fel meneklt, egy meredek sziklafalhoz lapulva prbltak elbjni. But the movies most interesting character is Lara, a friend of Viljar who survives the attack but loses her sister. Paul Greengrass' new film 22 July has arrived on Netflix and in theaters,based on the true story of Anders Behring Breivik's (Anders Danielsen Lie) far-right terrorist attack in Oslo andUtya, Norway, on July 22, 2011. While you might wonder what is so special about a story that seems to be playing out. He says: What happened didnt change my politics. [7] On July 6, 2001, he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of espionage, one count of attempted espionage, and one of conspiracy to commit espionage in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. [64] His three daughters attended Oakcrest School for Girls in Vienna, Virginia, an independent Roman Catholic school. About the future Ill just see how it goes. In 1999, the FBI even interrogated Kelley, his ex-wife, two sisters, and three children. Hanssen's superiors were not amused and began an investigation. This is an important part of my life and it will stay that way. I am shamed by it," Hanssen told U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. More devastating, he lost his best friends Anders Kristiansen, 18, and Simon Saebo, 18, who were shot by Breivik. [41] The idea that an FBI agent was the second mole was not considered early enough. As. Paul Greengrass drama 22 July recreates the horror of Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 terrorist attack. Because I still have family, and friends, and memories, and dreams. The couple married in 1968, and Hanssen converted from Lutheranism to his wife's Catholicism. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. Hanssen was arrested on February 18, 2001, at Foxstone Park,[5] near his home in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Vienna, Virginia, after leaving a package of classified materials at a dead drop site. Bloody Sunday (2002) and Omagh (2004) address the Irish Troubles. He continued to perform incriminating searches of FBI files for his name and address. Dressed as a police officer, he called the innocents to a meeting before opening fire on them. Viljar was shot five times in the left hand, right thigh, left shoulder and head near his right eye. [21][29] On two occasions, Hanssen gave the Soviets a complete list of American double agents. Jonas Strand Gravli starred as Viljar Hanssen in the 2018 Netflix film 22 July. history. He was charged with selling U.S. intelligence documents to the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia for more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds over 22 years. In primary school, children used to laugh at me. The beating heart of the film is in the survivors, especially a bright-eyed 18-year-old named Viljar Hanssen, played by Jonas Strand Gravli. Yuzhin was imprisoned for six years before he was released by a general amnesty to political prisoners, and subsequently immigrated to the U.S..[24] Because the FBI blamed Ames for the leak, Hanssen was neither suspected nor investigated. [45] FBI analyst Bob King remembered Hanssen using that same quote. [20] In 1985, Hanssen was again transferred to the FBI's field office in New York, where he continued to work in counterintelligence against the Soviets. In 2033 he will beeligiblefor release, but only if he is determined to no longer be a threat to society. Otherwise, it seems as thoughHanssenand his brother's attempted flight from Breivik was recreatedquite accurately in Greengrass' film. He became blind on the right eye and had amputated three fingers. Looking at the photo of the chestnut-haired girl the eye is drawn to her deep blue eyes, to only later drift to the scarring on her neck. Q: I was in a way amused reading your post about the difficulties of getting a municipal budget approved since its usually a long and dreary process for those involved. A: Hehe, yeah, its a big budget and lots of work getting it over the line. Viljar Hanssen, then 17, lay defenceless on the ground as he was blasted in the head during the 2011 island killing spree that left 77 dead, but despite the fragment of ammunition that could. [68] He also explicitly described the sexual details of his marriage on Internet chat rooms, giving information sufficient for those who knew them to recognize the couple. But the result is imperfect, because it elides crucial elements of the whole story. But it turns out this tiny group of islands known as Svalbard is my True Love and, generous contributions from you willing, I'll keep littering until they dig my body out when my climate-change-deformed apartment collapses or they exile my penniless ass because I'm not even worthy of washing your dirty dishes. After being released, he met his second wife, Darla Henrichsen, and the pair got married in 1963. What's the Story? [7][8] He was sentenced to 15 life terms without the possibility of parole. On that day Ill travel to Bardu and Salangen in my home county with my brother, Torje. Thanks as always to everyone who makes The Coolest Newspaper On Earth possible! Breivik detonates a truck bomb in Oslo. Q:Where are you right now as you write this and what are your plans for the day ahead, if its basically going to be whatever passes for a normal day for you? I was sad and withdrawn. She was married to biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (born December 3, 1970) from 1991 to 2016. He said: I came in the office one day and read his testimony in court some of which is in the film. In early February 2001, he asked his friend at a computer technology company for a job. PerThe New Yorker, Breivik has lodged complaints about his cell only having a PlayStation 2 instead of a PlayStation 3, and hispen being ergonomically uncomfortable to write with (something that he described as "an almost indescribable manifestation of sadism"). The look in the eyes of the girl huddled with her dogs is one of deep sadness. In 1978, he and his growing family of three children (and eventually six) relocated to New York City when the FBI transferred him to its field office there. Site developed by Copyright Yedioth Internet. He spent three months in the hospital before returning to Longyearbyen, where almost immediately he became the youngest person ever elected to the community council at the age of 17. [72], Hanssen was the subject of a 2002 made-for-television movie, Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, with the teleplay by Norman Mailer and starring William Hurt as Hanssen. The final two scenes of 22 July reflect this speech in court. After Utoya I managed to regain myself, to be the real me. Viljar tends to stay out of the limelight and the new film is based on a book about the killings called One Of Us, by Asne Seierstad, rather than anything from him. Hanssen applied for a cryptographer job in the National Security Agency but was rebuffed due to budget setbacks. af David Buch Viljar Hanssen blev skudt fem gange p Utya for prcis tre r siden, da Anders Breivik gik til angreb. He must represent not only his own story of survival, but also the full scale of the atrocity, which may be more than his narrow shoulders can bear. All depict ordinary people in extraordinary situations. She is now married to Raymond Johansen since 2017. In those films and now in 22 July, a reconstruction of the 2011 murder of 77 people by Norwegian white nationalist Anders Breivik, Greengrass turns a major news item into something else: a story. There is a certain restraint at work, as if Greengrass is stepping back from the extreme intimacy of the violence in United 93, but to hear children whimpering in fear manages to be more disturbing. "Lo nico que haca era cantar!, solloz una chica. Icepeople is again facingan immediate existential crisis due (of course) to hardships largely inflected by the pandemic. With the mole finally identified, locations, dates, and cases were matched with Hanssen's activities during the period. Viljar and his brother survive, but the former only with massive injuries. Herkimpi osa jutun sisllst saattaa jrkytt. I have hurt so many deeply. Hanssen's section evaluated Soviet agents who volunteered to give intelligence to determine whether they were genuine or re-doubled agents. The FBI believes that the Russians never knew the name of their source. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christin_Kristoffersen&oldid=1029571889, This page was last edited on 20 June 2021, at 20:15. [34], In 1994, Hanssen expressed interest in a transfer to the new National Counterintelligence Center, which coordinated counterintelligence activities. He also believed he heard noises on his car radio that indicated it was bugged, although the FBI was later unable to reproduce the noises Hanssen claimed to have heard. [14] The next year, Hanssen was transferred to counterintelligence and given the task of compiling a database of Soviet intelligence for the FBI. His killing spree claimed 69 lives before police detained him. One of the survivors of the Utya shooting, Bjorn Magnus Ihler, said that he was satisfied with Breivik'ssentence and added that, "If he is deemed not to be dangerous any more after 21 years, then he should be released Thats how it should work.". For example, despite the Norwegian setting all of the characters speak in English. The shooting rampage is over within half an hour of the movies beginning. Barely conscious and unable to move, he examined the wound to the right side of his skull with his hand and was horrified to find he could feel the brain inside. Posted on 25. The failure of the Bloch investigation and the FBI's investigation of how the KGB learned that they were investigating Bloch caused the mole hunt that eventually resulted in the arrest of Hanssen. When he first read the killers words, he was shocked. Yet this was only the beginning. The teens enjoy a campfire singalong, and earnestly engage in political debates. A: I honestly dont think it has changed much, but the real debates and public conversations surrounding this years markering is very promising. Some promising suspects were cleared, and the mole hunt found other penetrations, such as CIA officer Harold James Nicholson. [70] Hanssen gave her money, jewels, and a used Mercedes-Benz but ended contact with her before his arrest when she began abusing drugs and doing sex work. Perhaps more . Equal rights and opportunities is what drives me. On the Thursday of July 22, 2011, Gjestvang, 32, was in her Oslo office, about to leave for the weekend, when an explosion shook the building. Q: In a recent Nordlys interview and other coverage you talk about some similar themes as youve shared with me from past years, in terms of addressing what causes people to become radicalized, hateful attitudes and such. Thats when I thought, I need to make this film. Breivik, now 39, was given the maximum sentence available in Norway, which is 21 years in solitary confinement. Its just that once a year everybody else as well is talking and writing about the massacre. Hanssen, carrying a package of documents, identified himself by his Soviet code name, "Ramon Garcia", and described himself as a "disaffected FBI agent" who was offering his services as a spy. For that reason, it was a brave decision for him to face down Breivik in court. Since then he has moved to the Troms area with his familiy, including his brother Torje who was also at the island youth camp on that fateful day, and is now a member of that municipal council. He murdered eight people by planting a bomb in a van outside, After the attack in Oslo, Breivik drove 25 miles to a lake where the ruling Labour Partys youth league were camping on Utoya Island, Dressed as a police officer, he called the innocents to a meeting before opening fire on them - murdering 69 on the island, The remarkable story of how Viljar survived the massacre during a Workers Youth League summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya is being re-told in new movie 22 July, The movie focuses more on the courage of Viljar and other young survivors than it does on the killer, 22 July launched on Netflix on October 10th, Breivik, now 39, was given the maximum sentence available in Norway, which is 21 years in solitary confinement, 2011 island killing spree that left 77 dead, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). 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