Ex-US Navy officer who spied for Soviets dies in prison

BBC ^

[Perdogg]

A former US navy sailor who led a spy ring for the Soviet Union has died in a prison medical centre at the age of 77.

Retired Navy Warrant Officer John Walker Jr was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for passing codes and other sensitive data to the USSR.

He had recruited his son, his brother and friend to continue spying after he retired. All were convicted.

[McCloud-Strife]

Good. Next!

[lee martell]

Has it been that long already? Wow. Almost thirty years. It was in all the newspapers back then. I don’t recall hearing that he gave any interviews to either recant or double down in any traitorist beliefs.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Isn’t a Warrant Officer, like a sergeant, non-commissioned? And normally not considered and “officer”?

[muir_redwoods]

Oh gosh darn... And to top it off, I’ve got a hangnail.

[submarinerswife]

That smug bastard is roasting in hell right now. A firing squad would have been appropriate in this case since Walker never gave up all of his damage to the Feds.

I despise that man and his son for what they did to our Navy.

[submarinerswife]

Check out Walker’s story on youtube 60 Minutes. This is where I remember hearing the depth of this whole mess.

[Bottom_Gun]

Can’t say I’m Sorry to see this. I was a secret control PO when this happened..all our investigations had to be redone, and NIS crawled 5 miles up your butt, instead of the normal 1 mile. lol

It was a hard time in the Sub force for months after that.

[jch10]

No, they go through a commission school just like other officers. The difference is, they have a specialty that is valued in the military.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Thanks for the info.

[GATOR NAVY]

Hope he’s burning in hell. If we had gone to war with the Soviets before Walker was caught it would have been like us and the Japanese codes in WWII, except we would have been the ones totally compromised.

[Paleo Conservative]

Hanged not hung.