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  John Anthony Walker - Definition, explanation
John Anthony Walker Junior, born July 28, 1937, was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the U.S. Navy, who sold his services as a spy to the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985, the height of the Cold War era.
Walker was a flamboyant, hard-drinking womanizer and there were reports that he'd neglected his wife and children.
In May 1985, Walker and his accomplices were arrested on suspicion of espionage by the FBI, Six months before, Walker's ex-wife, weary of years of neglect by her ex-husband and with Walker's refusal to pay her alimony being the last straw, she finally turned the spy in.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/j/jo/john_anthony_walker.php   (642 words)

  
 Family of Spies: The John Walker Jr. Spy Case
Walker’s first thought was that the FBI had finally discovered him, but he was confused because no one had tried to arrest him in the dead drop area.
Walker’s arrest shattered that illusion and sparked what the media quickly dubbed “The Year of The Spy.” Following Walker’s arrest, seven other U.S. citizens would be accused of spying before the yearend.
John Walker gave away the “keys to your most secret code machines,” Solomatin bragged, “giving us the equivalent of a seat inside your Pentagon where we could read your most vital secrets.” KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko was more blunt: “Walker was the greatest case in KGB history.
www.crimelibrary.com /terrorists_spies/spies/walker/1.html?sect=23   (1685 words)

  
  John Anthony Walker Information
John Anthony Walker Junior, born July 28, 1937, was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the U.S. Navy, who sold his services as a spy to the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985, the height of the Cold War era.
Walker's activities went completely unsuspected by US authorities, despite his living quite extravagantly with his only source of visible income being his Navy pension.
His son, Michael Walker, who had a relatively minor role in the ring and turned state's evidence in exchange for a reduced sentence, was released from prison on parole in February 2000.
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  John Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Walker (inventor), inventor of the friction match, in 1827.
John Walker (painter), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985.
John Anthony Walker, a Soviet spy active during the Cold War.
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 John Anthony Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Anthony Walker Junior, born July 28, 1937, was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the U.S. Navy, who sold his services as a spy to the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985, the height of the Cold War era.
In May 1985, Walker and his accomplices were arrested on suspicion of espionage by the FBI, Six months before, Walker's ex-wife, weary of years of neglect by her ex-husband and with Walker's refusal to pay her alimony being the last straw, finally turned the spy in.
His son, Michael Walker, who had a relatively minor role in the ring and turned state's evidence in exchange for a reduced sentence, was released from prison on parole in February 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walker_spy_ring   (617 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: John Walker
John Walker (born 1939) is a British painter and printmaker.
John Williams Walker (August 12, 1783 – April 23, 1823) was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from 1819 until his resignation on December 12, 1822.
John Walker Lindh John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American citizen who was captured in Afghanistan during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan while fighting for the Taliban.
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 John Anthony Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walker was a flamboyant, hard-drinking womanizer and there were reports that he neglected his wife and children.
Whenever Walker was transferred away from assignments where his handlers required information, he would recruit friends and members of his own family (his wife, his older brother Arthur and his son, Michael) to join in his spying activity.
Walker's activities went completely unsuspected by US authorities, despite his living quite extravagantly with his only source of visible income being his Navy pension.
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 John Anthony Walker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John's older brother Arthur (already serving in the Navy) had talked the judge into letting John join the Navy instead of going to prison.
Walker was a flamboyant, hard-drinking womanizer and there were reports that he'd neglected his wife and children.
When Walker would be transferred away from assignments where his handlers required information, he would recruit friends and members of his own family (his wife, his older brother Arthur and his son, Michael) to join in his spying activity.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_anthony_walker.htm   (495 words)

  
 WALKER Family
John Walker was born in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, PA July 22, 1883.
John I, Walker was born December 24, 1906.
John I, Walker (Hay, Joh, Hay) was born in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, PA December 24, 1906.
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 John Walker Information
John Walker (1826-1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate.
John Walker (grocer), founder of John Walker and Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand.
John Walker (naturalist) (1731–1803), Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh.
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 Encyclopedia: Treason
John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" fighter in Afghanistan, was also thought of as a traitor by many.
However, instead of being tried for treason, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder US nationals, aiding the Taliban and terrorist offences relating to Al Qaeda, even though he joined the Taliban before September 11, 2001, in the period when the Bush administration was aiding the Taliban to help their destruction of the opium crop.
John Brown John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who played a major part in the history of slavery in the United States leading up to the American Civil War.
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 Teenager convicted of killing black youth with ice axe | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
A 17-year-old was convicted yesterday of the racist murder of the teenager Anthony Walker, who was killed with a blow from a mountaineering axe which penetrated his skull to a depth of 7cm.
Following their conviction, Anthony's mother, Gee, said she felt justice had been done and that she was able to forgive her 18-year-old son's killers.
Anthony Walker, a devout Christian and promising A-level student, was racially taunted as he stood at a bus stop on the St John's estate in Huyton, Merseyside, in July, with his arm around his white girlfriend, Louise Thompson, 17.
www.guardian.co.uk /crime/article/0,2763,1654787,00.html   (1016 words)

  
 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Jo'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
John II Stanley of the Isle of Man
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 John Walker
John Walker was an an English chemist, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potash and antimony.
Walker was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985.
John Walker is the founder of the CAD software company Autodesk.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Jo/John+Walker.html   (723 words)

  
 Walker Family Spy Ring - █ further reading:
John Anthony Walker, a United States citizen, successfully spied on behalf of the Soviet KGB from 1967 to 1985.
Walker employed friends and members of his family in the business of espionage, stealing secrets from U.S. Naval Intelligence and selling them to Soviet agents.
Walker's letters also noted the involvement of his older brother, Arthur Walker, in the activities of the spy ring.
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 ESPIONAGE: The Betrayal of a Nation
In late 1984, John Anthony Walker, Jr.'s ex-wife called the FBI to report that she believed her ex-husband was spying for the Soviets.
She was particularly concerned that Walker had attempted to gain their children's assistance in his traitorous endeavors.
Walker, his son Michael, Jerry Whitworth, and Arthur Walker were all convicted of espionage.
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 John Anthony Walker - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
In May 1985, Walker and his accomplices were arrested on suspicion of espionage by the FBI, Six months before, Walker's ex-wife, weary of years of neglect by her ex-husband and with Walker's refusal to pay her alimony being the last straw, she finally turned the spy in.
His son, Michael Walker, who had a relatively minor role in the ring and turned state's evidence in exchange for a reduced sentence, had been released from prison on parole in February 2000.
John Anthony Walker, See also:, External link and Further reading.
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 Recent Espionage Cases
John Walker's arrest resulted from a tip to the FBI from his former wife.
On 28 October, both John and Michael Walker pleaded guilty to espionage charges under a plea agreement by which the senior Walker agreed to testify in the trial of Jerry Whitworth and to provide full information on what was given to the Soviets in exchange for a lesser sentence for his son.
Arthur Walker was employed with a Defense contractor in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he reportedly sought work in early 1980 at the urging of his brother, John A. Walker, to gain access to classified documents.
www.cicentre.com /Documents/recent_espionage_cases_1985.html   (3180 words)

  
 John Anthony Walker: Secrets, cheap - US News and World Report
Walker was able to elude the authorities for so long because the Soviets took extraordinary precautions to conceal their source.
Walker refused to pay his former wife, Barbara Crowley, $10,000 to keep her quiet, so she called the FBI in 1984 and drunkenly ranted about her husband's espionage.
An alert pair of field agents took an interest in the case, and it was soon established that Walker had employed his best friend and his brother in the scheme.
www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/030127/27traitors.walker.htm   (707 words)

  
 Billy Bragg Forums > john tyndall
Jul 22 2005, 04:50 PM Problem is, we KNOW the bloke that died peacefully in his home was, in fact, John Tyndall the racist bastard.
Anthony Walker, 18, was murdered by three or four men after he was taunted for being fl.
Police hunting the killers of fl teenager Anthony Walker have named two people they want to trace.
www.billybragg.co.uk /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t2534.html   (1274 words)

  
 Anthony Walker (1726 - 1765) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Anthony Walker, Millions of suppliant Crouds the Shrine attend, And all degress before the Goddess bend;...etc., 18th century
Anthony Walker, Plate opposite page 21 in the second part of the book The Chace.
Anthony Walker, Plate opposite page 70 in the second part of the book The Chace.
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 From the Archives
The sensational, evolving spy case of John Anthony Walker Jr., who, with the aid of friends and relatives, allegedly sold military secrets to the Russians, raises questions about the security of the national security establishment.
However, they focus more on the applicant's credit rating, financial record and possible sexual proclivities to see if he or she might be vulnerable to flmail or the temptations of extra money.
However, John Walker's son, Michael, was stationed onboard the Nimitz aircraft carrier, and, said a former Navy officer and intelligence official, "Carriers are given everything -- all Navy military cables, photos, codes, ship and submarine movements, diplomatic traffic." The photos include ocean reconnaissance photos.
www.boston.com /news/daily/17/walker_sidebar.htm   (878 words)

  
 John Walker
Inventor of the friction match, in 1827, see John Walker (inventor).
The name preferred by American John Phillip Walker Lindh, on trial for being a member of the Taliban.
An early American politician, John Walker (politician), member of Continental Congress and US Senator.
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 Barnes & Noble.com - Spy Hunter: Inside the FBI Investigation of the Walker Espionage Case - Robert W. ...
Walker's elaborate spy network included his son, who was a seaman on a nuclear aircraft carrier; his brother; and his best friend.
John Walker was one of the Soviet Union's most successful agents for nearly 20 years before he was finally caught in May 1985 by the author, an FBI counterintelligence agent.
This work is the first to discuss interviews with Walker's relatives, with judges and prosecutors involved in the case, and with the KGB general who supervised Walker.
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 John Walker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
(additional info and facts about John Anthony Walker) John Anthony Walker, a (An elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)) Soviet spy active during the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War
The stage name of John Maus, a member of the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s singing group, the Walker Brothers.
The name preferred by (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (additional info and facts about John Walker Lindh) John Walker Lindh, convicted of working with the (A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government) Taliban.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/John_Walker.htm   (437 words)

  
 The All Spin Zone / Why Plame, Cooper, and Miller Matter to Me
John Anthony Walker traded his honor and career as a submariner for money.
Aldrich Ames, Johathan Pollard and John Walker's crimes against this country resulted in billions of dollars being spent on cold war arms programs that were essentially wasted in that any gains that might have resulted were offset by those three selling information to the Soviets and our 'allies' in Israel.
After Walker "broke", all the officers in the squadron had to take "X" number of service records and go through and 'review' the sailors (and other officers clearances) and downgrade a percentage of them just because.
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 1985   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WALKER, JOHN ANTHONY and his son, MICHAEL LANCE WALKER, were indicted 28 May 1985 by a Federal grand jury in Baltimore on six counts of espionage.
Michael Walker, a petty officer assigned to the USS Nimitz, was accused of providing classified Navy documents to his father for sale to the Soviets.
John Walker's arrest resulted from a tip to the FBI from his former wife.
www.dss.mil /training/espionage/1985.htm   (3345 words)

  
 Navy2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WALKER, ARTHUR JAMES, a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander, was arrested on 29 May 1985 for providing classified material to his brother in 1981 and 1982.
Arthur Walker was employed with a defense contractor in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he reportedly sought work in early 1980 at the urging of his brother, John A. Walker, to gain access to classified documents.
On 28 October, both John and Michael Walker pleaded guilty to espionage charges under a plea agreement by which the senior Walker agreed to testify in the trial of Jerry Whitworth and to provide full information on what was given to the Soviets in exchange for a lesser sentence for his son.
www.dss.mil /training/espionage/Navy2.htm   (3302 words)

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