Have any spies ever managed to keep their identity secret from their handlers?
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Robert Hanssen qualifies.
Hanssen never told the KGB or GRU his identity and refused to meet them personally, with the exception of the abortive 1993 contact in the Russian embassy parking garage. The FBI believes the Russians never knew the name of their source.
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