RE: Retro Film Review: Breach (2007)

I've watched this, and I thought Hanssen was certainly enigmatic. However, it seemed to me the motivation given by the writers was ego. He was better than everyone else, in his mind. He felt underrated by the agency. He had to prove he could do it, and get away with it. That still leaves a bit of a puzzle for such an egregious lack of loyalty, but he is also portrayed as someone who lacked empathy. The way he betrayed his wife in a way parallels the way he betrayed his colleagues and country. In the end, he had sympathy only for himself. Maybe that's what it takes to be a spy, and maybe that's what the film makers were saying.😇