JASON CARROLL, CNN ANCHOR: Later today, a Senate committee will hold closed door hearings on the case of accused FBI spy Robert Hanssen. Yesterday, the FBI released details of a search warrant used to arrest Hanssen. It includes a telling letter from the FBI agent to his Russian contact. CNN justice correspondent Kelli Arena has more.</s>KELLI ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An FBI affidavit says on the night he was arrested, Robert Hanssen placed a black trash bag under this foot bridge in a Virginia park, a package containing a letter that strongly suggests Hanssen knew the FBI suspected him of spying. "Dear Friends," the letter begins, "I thank you for your assistance these many years. It seems, however, that my greatest utility to you has come to an end. And it is time to seclude myself from active service. I have been promoted to a higher do-nothing senior executive job. It is as if I am being isolated. I believe I have detected repeated bursting radio signal emanations from my vehicle." He continues, "something has aroused the sleeping tiger." Hanssen has been described as extremely bright and somewhat arrogant. One former colleague suggests that arrogance is apparent in his closing paragraph, quoting again, "I will be in contact next year, same time, same place." Also released a list of what the FBI found when it searched Hanssen's home, cars and offices. It includes a photo of the gravesite of General George S. Patton, someone he was said to have often quoted. A bottle of Stolichnaya Russian vodka, by all accounts, Hanssen was not a drinker. An assortment of weapons and ammunition, computer equipment, articles regarding Communism and a miniature Minox camera, the size of a cigarette lighter. (on camera): What hasn't yet been found is the $600,000 in cash and diamonds Hanssen allegedly received for selling U.S. secrets. That search continues. Kelli Arena, CNN, Washington.
Senate Committee To Hold Hearings On Hanssen