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- Building a Naval Career. John Anthony Walker Jr. was born in 1937, the middle son of a Warner Brothers film marketer and an Italian-American mother. Nicknamed "Smilin' Jack," he attended Catholic school and became an altar boy; however, his childhood was traumatic.
- A Second Career. Espionage became Walker's way out, though in his telling political disaffection also played a role. He suspected John F. Kennedy's assassination had been engineered by government and corporate leaders intent on preventing the President from toning down the Cold War.
- Life As a Spy. John Walker's trickle of intelligence meanwhile became a flood. According to Walker's account, he mostly supplied the Soviets with old key lists-much less zealously guarded-and the KGB never pressed him for current or future ones.
- Building the Ring. John Walker's network began with an old Navy friend, Senior Chief Petty Officer Jerry Whitworth, also a radioman, who had left the service but re-enlisted in the fall of 1974.
Aug 16, 2020 · A notebook from the Walker spy ring case at FBI headquarters in Chesapeake, Va., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. ... He’ll be eligible for parole at age 109. Michael Walker was released in 2000 after ...
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Oct 29, 1985 · Michael Walker will be eligible for parole in about eight years and John Walker in 10 years. The Government's desire to find out exactly what secret information Mr. Walker gave the Soviet Union ...
Jun 29, 1986 · Michael Walker will serve two 25-year terms and two 10-year terms, to run concurrently. The father will be eligible for parole in 10 years. The son, in 8 years and 4 months.
Nov 7, 1986 · Mr. Walker will be eligible for parole in 10 years and Michael, 23, will be eligible in eight and a third years. The son was a seaman aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz.
On 28 October 1985, John and Michael Walker stood as Judge Alexander Harvey II gave his blessing to the plea bargain. In exchange for John’s cooperation, the government had agreed to ask the judge to sentence John to a single life term, thus making him eligible for parole in ten years and Michael to 25 years in prison.
New York Times 13 Nov 1985, “Arthur Walker Sentenced to Life; Wider Spying Role” 1985 - JOHN ANTHONY WALKER, and his son, MICHAEL LANCE WALKER, were indicted 28 May 1985 by a Federal grand jury in Baltimore on six counts of espionage. The elder Walker, a retired Navy warrant officer who had held a Top Secret crypto clearance, was charged ...
