The Spy Who Wrote Me

February 27, 2007 12:34 PM

In the movie Breach, notorious spy Robert Hanssen obsesses briefly over a specific brand/model of pen. Anyone know the brand/model Hanssen preferred so much?

According to the LA Times the pen detail is accurate.

posted by basicchannel to Writing & Language (6 answers total)

There's an anecodtal answer over at the IMDb: a Pilot Dr. Grip Gel.
posted by bcwinters at 1:18 PM on February 27, 2007

We just watched that movie in theater this weekend. On the big screen, it appears to the Dr. Grip Gel, a very writable pen.
posted by bilabial at 1:54 PM on February 27, 2007

Oh, and the character who was the "agent" is now a lawyer in DC, so you could ask him via mail if it might have been some other brand? (product placement deals and all...)
posted by bilabial at 1:55 PM on February 27, 2007

Bilabial, not sure what you mean, Hanssen is in Supermax for the rest of his life.

Not sure what the quotes are for there.

Reg
posted by legotech at 3:23 PM on February 27, 2007

Response by poster: He means "agent" Eric O'Neill, the person most instrumental in the capture of Robert Hanssen.
posted by basicchannel at 3:30 PM on February 27, 2007

To followup, Eric O'Neill is now an attorney at DLA Piper's DC office. His bio is humorously understated.
posted by jed at 7:06 PM on February 27, 2007