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1. • • Under a plea agreement approved by a Federal judge today, Mr. Walker admitted his role in the spy ring and is to be sentenced to life in prison.
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     SUSPECT AND SON BOTH PLEAD GUILTY IN NAVY SPY CASE

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   Why did Michael Walker join the spy ring?

   • Michael Walker, son of confessed Soviet spy John A. Walker Jr., said he joined the family spy ring for money and “to please my father” by demonstrating that he had the “guts” to do it.

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   What happened in the Walker spy ring case?

   • Evidence from the Walker spy ring case at FBI headquarters in Chesapeake, Va., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. He called the Washington field office in case Walker was bound for a drop in D.C., then sped to catch up with the chase. On the highway, agents moved into leapfrog mode to avoid being noticed.

   Walker spy case remains legendary 35 years later

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   How long did the Walker spy ring last?

   • The Walker spy ring operated for nearly 20 years, spanning five presidencies, stealing top-secret information from the Navy and selling it to the Soviet Union. Anyone who’s watched the FX spy series “The Americans” can easily picture the setting: The U.S. and Soviet Russia locked in a race for global domination.

   Walker spy case remains legendary 35 years later

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   Will Michael Walker get out of the west coast ring?

   • Whitworth, the West Coast ring member, will never get out. After John Walker turned against him as part of a plea deal, Whitworth was sentenced to 365 years. He’ll be eligible for parole at age 109. Michael Walker was released in 2000 after 15 years. He goes by his middle name now, Lance, and works as an artist in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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3. apnews.com › general-news-2ba1bcc0c3424065abf5cEx-US sailor who spied for Soviets dies in prison | AP News

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   Aug 29, 2014 · RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A former American sailor convicted during the Cold War of leading a family spy ring for the Soviet Union has died in a prison hospital in North Carolina, officials said Friday.

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4. www.pilotonline.com › 2020/08/16 › walker-spy-caseWalker spy case remains legendary 35 years later – The ...

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   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.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 1986/06/29 › magazineSPY RING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WALKER CASE

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   Jun 29, 1986 · John A. Walker Jr., 48, pleaded guilty to espionage last October; Arthur J. Walker, 51, his brother, was convicted of stealing classified documents, and Yeoman Michael L. Walker, John's...

6. www.seacoastonline.com › story › newsSpy ring member released after 15 years - Seacoastonline.com

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   Feb 17, 2000 · The youngest member of a family spy ring, Walker, 37, spent two months in the halfway house after serving 15 years of a 25-year prison sentence. He will be on supervised probation for the...

7. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1986/05/20-mnWalker Son Says He Became Spy ‘to Please My Father’

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   May 20, 1986 · Michael Walker, son of confessed Soviet spy John A. Walker Jr., said he joined the family spy ring for money and “to please my father” by demonstrating that he had the “guts” to do it.

8. www.usni.org › 1986 › mayThe Walker Espionage Case | Proceedings - May 1986 Vol. 112/5/999

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   Shortly before dawn on 20 May 1985, in Rockville, Maryland, the house’s owner, a retired Navy warrant officer named John A. Walker, Jr., was arrested by FBI agents and charged with espionage. For the Navy, the arrest would mark the beginning of the worst spy scandal in its history.

9. www.nytimes.com › 1986/11/07 › usFATHER AND SON GET SPYING TERMS - The New York Times

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   Nov 7, 1986 · John A. Walker Jr., who confessed he ran one of the most damaging spy rings in American history, was sentenced today to life in prison, with a Federal judge recommending that he never be...