Today in History: February 18, Veteran FBI agent accused of spying for Russia

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2026. There are 316 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Feb. 18, 2001, veteran FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested, accused of spying for Russia. (Hanssen later pleaded guilty to espionage and attempted espionage and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; he died in prison in 2023.)

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In 1885, Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the U.S.

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