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originally posted by: Phage
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John Anthony Walker Jr. (July 28, 1937 – August 28, 2014) was a United States Navy chief warrant officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985 and sentenced to life in prison.[2]
John Anthony Walker
John Anthony Walker circa 1985
Born
John Anthony Walker Jr.
July 28, 1937
Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
DiedAugust 28, 2014 (aged 77)
Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Low, Butner, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmericanOccupationUnited States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist[2]
Private investigatorCriminal statusDeceasedSpouse(s)
Barbara Crowley
(m. 1957; div. 1976)
Children4; including Michael Walker (accomplice)
Laura Walker (attempted accomplice)MotiveFinancial gainCriminal chargeEspionage
In late 1985, Walker made a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, which required him to provide full details of his espionage activities and testify against his co-conspirator, former senior chief petty officer Jerry Whitworth. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to a lesser sentence for Walker's son, former Seaman Michael Walker, who was also involved in the spy ring.[2] During his time as a Soviet spy, Walker helped the Soviets decipher more than one million encrypted naval messages,[3] organizing a spy operation that The New York Times reported in 1987 "is sometimes described as the most damaging Soviet spy ring in history."[4]
After Walker's arrest, Caspar Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Defense, concluded that the Soviet Union made significant gains in naval warfare attributable to Walker's spying. Weinberger stated that the information Walker gave Moscow allowed
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
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