Don't you feel a little sorry for him?

I'm not going to get into whether he should or should not be punished or to what degree he was a bad person, which all the other posts seemed to get stuck on. I am going to comment on the concept that 23 hours of solitary confinement is some kind of horrible punishment. It's not.

He'll probably be sleeping something like 14-16 hours of each day, leaving 7-9 hours for reading, writing, researching, etc., without having anyone bother him or be telling him he needs to be working on something else. I'd call that "vacation."

Yes, it is for the rest of his life and it would get boring eventually, but so what? Boredom is not that horrible a punishment, either.

You want punishment? Put him to work on a chain gang, make him do manual labor in the hot sun, have him clean out all the toilets every day. That would be punishment.


"My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the Whale Rider."

I feel sorry they didn't put two bullets in the bastards skull.




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hanssen was paid $1.4 million for the secrets he gave up. The secrets he gave the Russians probably cost billions along with the lives that were lost.

He directly caused three deaths. I do not feel sorry for the fact that he spends time in solitary confinement.

Compare what he got with what he would have gotten in any other country on the Earth. Think of how many agents he killed just from our side (never mind the 3 Russians you seem hung up on because the movie spoon fed them to you). Think of how many billions of dollars were spent training them and putting them in a position to succeed. These people went to serve their country for absolutely no glory. No parades. No nothing. All gone thanks to him. He was a smart calculating man in full control of his faculties. Not some brain dead delusional psychopath. He repeatedly committed premeditated acts that knowingly resulted directly in murder. Not responded to some spur of the moment carnality. He is far worse than any serial killer.

Actually, that one hour he gets is for exercise. The prisoners at the ADX Florence receive no visitors and rarely see each other. I don't necessarily feel sorry for him, I believe his punishment fits the crime. I'm not what you would call an "overly" patriotic American, but this guy put our country at risk by selling information; that's -if not worse- up there with being a terrorist. He's receiving the same punishment as the shoe bomber and 9/11 conspirators.

I agree with people saying that what he did is serious, and like them, I don't have much sympathy for his 23hrs. of solitary.

But as far as you guys saying that he put "all americans" at risk? As an American, save the condescending b.s., please. Our government puts us all at risk every single waking day. Like right now, we have a president blowing innocent families in Iraq clear out of their homes, murdering countless innocent civilians, just to try and make an illegal war look legit. Islamist terrorist organizations now have a guaranteed farm system for generations to come, thanks to this. And, let's not forget that 9/11 also happened on his watch, despite there being mountains of intel warning of the attacks, with little action taken. Hanssen sold intel to Russia? Yeh, bad thing, I agree. But I'm not worried about Russia right now. Honestly. I'm worried about the mess this current, disastrous administration is leaving us.

Bush should get thrown in the same cell as Hansen. But in that case Hansen probably would request to be put back in solitary. As portrayed in the film, Hansen is intolerant of stupidity and being stuck with Bush everyday would just be torture on him.