Posted on 08/29/2014 4:42:58 PM PDT by the scotsman
'A former American sailor convicted during the Cold War of leading a family spy ring for the Soviet Union has died in a prison hospital in North Carolina.
Retired Navy Warrant Officer John A. Walker Jr. died Thursday at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said.
The cause of death was not immediately released. He was 77.
Walker was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in 1985 to passing secrets to the Soviets while he was a shipboard communications officer.
The security breach was then considered among the largest and most devastating leaks of military secrets in the nation's history.
A cryptologist, Walker used his high-level security clearance to provide Navy codes, ship locations, and other sensitive data in exchange for cash.
After his 1976 retirement, Walker recruited his son, his brother and a friend to keep providing the Soviets fresh information. All were convicted.'
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He should have been shot.
Too quick.
He should have been burned alive.
Hmmm - too quick.
He should have been crucified.
Maybe they’ll finally stop showing his picture on the big screen and quit telling his story at my security briefings.
I’ve heard it so many times I could puke.
Former POTUS Carter will join him soon.
I’m on record as signing up for voluntary guard duty outside the gates of hell, to ensure the devil doesn’t grant amnesty to his favored sons.
Some of the family members seemed to die within a really short period of time. Just sayin’
Rot in hell John Walker
Outstanding!
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