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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 1967 to 1985 and sentenced to life in prison.
In 1985, dubbed by the press as the “Year of the Spy,” former U.S. Navy warrant officer John Anthony Walker Jr. was arrested for selling U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union.
Sep 2, 2014 · A quarter-century after John Walker’s arrest, it is illuminating to revisit the story of his naval spy ring, both for what it reveals about espionage versus security and for how it highlights ...
Aug 30, 2014 · John A. Walker Jr., a former Navy officer who in 1986 pleaded guilty to recruiting his son, a brother and a friend into a spy ring that stole military documents and sold the information to...
Aug 29, 2014 · John Anthony Walker Jr. died on Thursday at the prison complex in Butner, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said. He was 77. Walker began his Cold War-era espionage scheme while...
Aug 30, 2014 · John A. Walker Jr., the American who sold Navy secrets to the Soviets for 18 years in what has been described as one of the most damaging espionage operations of the Cold War, died Aug. 28 in a...
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...
John Walker was a U.S. Navy communications specialist who for almost two decades (1967–85) passed classified documents, including navy code books and reports on movements of submarines and surface ships, to agents of the Soviet Union.
Aug 29, 2014 · Former sailor John Anthony Walker Jr, who sold classified information to Moscow for nearly two decades and recruited his brother, son, and friend in his espionage work, passed away at a prison hospital in Butner, North Carolina, according to federal authorities.
Aug 29, 2014 · John Walker Jr., a former U.S. Navy officer convicted of spying decades ago for the Soviet Union, has died in federal prison, according to the U.S. government.
