Janice Harayda
Oct 30, 2023

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You're right: It must take so much resilience to live every day with the knowledge that you could be outed! And Hanssen's ego did seem to reflect a deep weakness and insecurity probably relating to psychological abuse by his father when he was growing up. Thanks so much for adding that dimension to this.

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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