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| − | '''John Walker''' is a U.S. [[Navy]] man who spied for the [[Soviet]]s until he was caught in 1985. | + | '''John Walker''' is a U.S. [[Navy]] man who spied for the [[Soviet]]s until he was caught in 1985. Walker did serious damage to the Navy and his country. Top secret code books, code keys, and messages were stolen by him and passed along to the Soviets for nearly 20 years before being caught in 1985. One of new communications machines he gave information of in 1968 was onboard [[USS Pueblo]], which was seized by [[North Korea]] soon after Walker began his spying.<ref>All hands down : the true story of the Soviet attack on the USS Scorpion / Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.</ref> |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | * [[USS Pueblo]] | ||
| + | * [[USS Scorpion (SSN 589)#Soviet victim?]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://beacongroupllc.net/?p=74 Spy Stories-John Walker Was “Intrinsically Evil”] | *[http://beacongroupllc.net/?p=74 Spy Stories-John Walker Was “Intrinsically Evil”] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, John}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, John}} | ||
[[Category:Spies]] | [[Category:Spies]] | ||
Revision as of 01:24, January 27, 2022
John Walker is a U.S. Navy man who spied for the Soviets until he was caught in 1985. Walker did serious damage to the Navy and his country. Top secret code books, code keys, and messages were stolen by him and passed along to the Soviets for nearly 20 years before being caught in 1985. One of new communications machines he gave information of in 1968 was onboard USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korea soon after Walker began his spying.[1]
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References
- ↑ All hands down : the true story of the Soviet attack on the USS Scorpion / Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.