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- John Walker’s arrest followed the tip-off from his ex-wife, divulging nearly two decades of espionage to the FBI. In a sequence of events reminiscent of a spy thriller, the Walker ring was dismantled, with all key players facing stringent penalties for their roles in this grievous breach of national security.
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Sep 2, 2014 · Twenty-five years ago the FBI finally shut off the biggest espionage leak in U.S. Navy history when it arrested former senior warrant officer John A. Walker. To hear the United States’ most notorious naval spy tell it, were it not for his ex-wife, Barbara – the weak link his Soviet handlers had warned him about – his espionage might have continued.
Aug 29, 2014 · John Anthony Walker Jr. died on Thursday at the prison complex in Butner, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said. Walker began his Cold War-era espionage scheme while working as a...
Aug 16, 2020 · Joe Wolfinger led the Norfolk FBI squad that cracked the Cold War-era Walker spy ring — one of the most notorious cases of espionage in the nation’s history. That was 35 years ago, but when...
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Jun 7, 2023 · Robert "Bob" Hunter was the lead investigator in the 1985 arrest of master spy John Walker, who led what U.S. officials called the most damaging espionage case in American history.
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A former U.S. Navy warrant officer who orchestrated a spy ring for the Soviets that was considered one of the most damaging security breaches in American history has died at a federal prison in...
Aug 29, 2014 · A former U.S. Navy warrant officer who orchestrated a spy ring for the Soviets that was considered one of the most damaging security breaches in American history has died at a federal prison in...
Was John Walker the spy of the century? Frontline investigates the Walker spy ring and how it sold secrets about American military codes to the Soviets.
