John Anthony Walker

John Anthony Walker Jr. (July 28, 1937 – August 28, 2014) was an American criminal and spy. He served as a United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist. He was convicted of spying on the United States working for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985.Recent US Spy Case  CNN. Accessed November 16, 2007.

After Walker's arrest, Caspar Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Defense, said that the Soviet Union made significant gains in naval warfare because of Walker's spying.

Walker died August 28, 2014, while still in prison. He would have been eligible for parole in 2015.

References

Further reading
 John Barron; Breaking the Ring: The Bizarre Case of the Walker Family Spy Ring; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987, 
 Howard Blum; I Pledge Allegiance: The True Story of the Walkers: an American Spy Family; Simon & Schuster Books, 1987, 
 Kneece, Jack; Family Treason: The Walker Spy Case; Paperjacks, 1988, 
 Robert W. Hunter; Spy Hunter: Inside the FBI Investigation of the Walker Espionage Case; Naval Institute Press, 1999, 
 Pete Earley; Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring; Bantam Books, 1989, 
 "The Navy's Biggest Betrayal", Naval History Magazine
 Walker, John Anthony; My Life As a Spy; Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2008, 
 Walker, Laura; Daughter of Deceit:  The Human Drama Behind the Walker Spy Case; W Pub Group, 1988, 

Category:1937 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Military people from Washington, D.C.
Category:American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
Category:People who died in prison custody in the United States
Category:American spies for the Soviet Union