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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.
Jun 29, 1986 · The two men walked a bit, and then exchanged camera cases. Inside the case Walker received was approximately $50,000, according to Federal prosecutors, wrapped in tightly bound packages of...
Aug 16, 2020 · 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...
- Joanne Kimberlin
Jun 7, 2023 · VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The local FBI agent who cracked the notorious Walker spy ring in the 1980s has died. Robert "Bob" Hunter was the lead investigator in the 1985 arrest of master spy...
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The Walker spy ring operated with chilling efficacy until 1985 when the pieces began to crumble. John Walker’s arrest followed the tip-off from his ex-wife, divulging nearly two decades of ...
Aug 29, 2014 · WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - 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...
Aug 29, 2014 · “I think the man was pure evil,” retired FBI agent Robert Hunter, who arrested John Walker, told the Virginian-Pilot newspaper. The paper said Walker was estimated to have earned more than $1...