Chief Warrant Officer Walker was a personal betrayal. He recruited a Senior Chief shipmate, his older LCDR brother and his E-3 son into his spy ring. Walker sold crypto key lists to the Soviets which enabled them to decode almost all of the Navy's classified message traffic from 1967 to 1983. I was a Navy CWO on a Guided Missile Frigate in 1985 when Walker was arrested. Shortly thereafter, everyone in the Navy who handled cryptographic key lists (in the CMS system) was relieved and most of the crypto equipment was replaced, deinstalled, destroyed with sledgehammers and deep-sixed.
Walker never had remorse, he was proud to have been a damn good spy. I hope that reptile has been stoking coal in Satan's furnace since August 28, 2014 with Celine Dion's greatest hit playing on a loudspeaker 24/7.
And I understand the larcenous bastard did it purely for money. If I'm not mistaken, didn't some of the initial intel he sold end up helping the Norks seize the Pueblo?
Walker became a spy in 1967, supplying the Soviets cryptographic key lists and other raw classified material. The North Koreans seized USS Pueblo (AGER-2), an American "spy ship", in 1968. I don't think Walker had anything to do with that, but the capture of USS Pueblo gave the Soviets access to the actual crypto hardware devices and that coupled with the cryptographic key lists (encryption and deciphering keys) supplied by Walker gave them access to all of our classified message traffic for nearly the next 2 decades. He did it for the money and I think to stroke his ego by being the perfect spy.
In 1983 when he was arrested, I was a Navy CWO2 OpTech assigned to a Guided Missile Frigate. OpTechs like me had sea assignments in communications, operations or sometimes electronics. At the time I was in an electronics billet, a rarer assignment for OpTechs, but I had the background and was able to wrangle the assignment from my Detailer who was a friend. I wanted to go to a Frigate where I could quickly qualify as a Fleet OOD and Surface Warfare Officer. Most first-tour OpTech's go to large Amphibs or Aircraft Carriers with huge wardrooms and smaller opportunities for a Warrant Officer to stand bridge watches. A Frigate's wardroom is just 14 men. Walker's perfidy was a huge betrayal to this country, to the Navy and to Navy Chief Warrant Officers and Navy Chief Petty Officers too. The bastard was one of us, a sailor, a Chief, a Warrant Officer. He was a monstrous embarrassment. That he got a plea deal to avoid the death penalty stuck in our craw.
I've wondered about the similarities between the Cambridge Spies and certain sets of American leftists. There's an arrogant detachment from their country, society and history. It's downright creepy.
Spyworld has an acronym-MICE to explain motivation. Money, ideology, compromise, ego. Cambridge spies, Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, seemed to be ideology. Walker was money. Ames seems to be a mix of ego and compromise. Perhaps money too. He was married to another Soviet spy who had also worked for the CIA.
May he join the rest of the Deluded Righteous, wandering around for eternity wondering why the Heaven he was promised is so goddam hot. And what's with all the pitchforks?
I had a coworker named Pollard (no relation). I felt very badly for her during this time. I went through similar when the Walker scandal hit. My maiden name isn't Walker, but does begin with a W. Seeing it plastered on the news for weeks was humiliating.
My deepest sympathies. There were several weeks in 1985 when I couldn't bear to use a check in the store. Of course, my aunt (CIA), my uncle (state) and dad's cousin (*ahem*...) had it worse.
He was an Oathbreaker of the worst sort. Here's hoping he is somehow simultaneously in the worst part of Bad Place in every religion, feeling the agony of them all at the same time.
The putz couldn't control his wife's spending and so he sold out CIA assets to the KGB. They had very nasty demises, in some cases. Some of which the KGB filmed and used as training material for their new recruits.
Right alongside Kim Philby
And Johnny Walker
Chief Warrant Officer Walker was a personal betrayal. He recruited a Senior Chief shipmate, his older LCDR brother and his E-3 son into his spy ring. Walker sold crypto key lists to the Soviets which enabled them to decode almost all of the Navy's classified message traffic from 1967 to 1983. I was a Navy CWO on a Guided Missile Frigate in 1985 when Walker was arrested. Shortly thereafter, everyone in the Navy who handled cryptographic key lists (in the CMS system) was relieved and most of the crypto equipment was replaced, deinstalled, destroyed with sledgehammers and deep-sixed.
Walker never had remorse, he was proud to have been a damn good spy. I hope that reptile has been stoking coal in Satan's furnace since August 28, 2014 with Celine Dion's greatest hit playing on a loudspeaker 24/7.
And I understand the larcenous bastard did it purely for money. If I'm not mistaken, didn't some of the initial intel he sold end up helping the Norks seize the Pueblo?
Walker became a spy in 1967, supplying the Soviets cryptographic key lists and other raw classified material. The North Koreans seized USS Pueblo (AGER-2), an American "spy ship", in 1968. I don't think Walker had anything to do with that, but the capture of USS Pueblo gave the Soviets access to the actual crypto hardware devices and that coupled with the cryptographic key lists (encryption and deciphering keys) supplied by Walker gave them access to all of our classified message traffic for nearly the next 2 decades. He did it for the money and I think to stroke his ego by being the perfect spy.
In 1983 when he was arrested, I was a Navy CWO2 OpTech assigned to a Guided Missile Frigate. OpTechs like me had sea assignments in communications, operations or sometimes electronics. At the time I was in an electronics billet, a rarer assignment for OpTechs, but I had the background and was able to wrangle the assignment from my Detailer who was a friend. I wanted to go to a Frigate where I could quickly qualify as a Fleet OOD and Surface Warfare Officer. Most first-tour OpTech's go to large Amphibs or Aircraft Carriers with huge wardrooms and smaller opportunities for a Warrant Officer to stand bridge watches. A Frigate's wardroom is just 14 men. Walker's perfidy was a huge betrayal to this country, to the Navy and to Navy Chief Warrant Officers and Navy Chief Petty Officers too. The bastard was one of us, a sailor, a Chief, a Warrant Officer. He was a monstrous embarrassment. That he got a plea deal to avoid the death penalty stuck in our craw.
Philby at least had the virtue of being a believer as opposed to simply selling to the highest bidder.
Mind, he was still a traitor to Crown and country, and I'm in no way defending him.
When I read The Philby Conspiracy, it was driven home, the religiosity of the Marxist cult.
I've wondered about the similarities between the Cambridge Spies and certain sets of American leftists. There's an arrogant detachment from their country, society and history. It's downright creepy.
Spyworld has an acronym-MICE to explain motivation. Money, ideology, compromise, ego. Cambridge spies, Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, seemed to be ideology. Walker was money. Ames seems to be a mix of ego and compromise. Perhaps money too. He was married to another Soviet spy who had also worked for the CIA.
It’s a contagious metastatic mind virus which is virtually incurable.
May he join the rest of the Deluded Righteous, wandering around for eternity wondering why the Heaven he was promised is so goddam hot. And what's with all the pitchforks?
If Dante was right, he's shivering, as ice forms over his eyes and mouth, wondering why Hell is so cold.
He did it solely for money, not ideology.
And not even that much!! He sold it CHEAP!
Hopefully that human pustule on the ass of humanity will soon be joined by Jonathan Pollard.
I had a coworker named Pollard (no relation). I felt very badly for her during this time. I went through similar when the Walker scandal hit. My maiden name isn't Walker, but does begin with a W. Seeing it plastered on the news for weeks was humiliating.
My sympathies to Ms. Pollard. My middle name is Clinton. :(
My deepest sympathies. There were several weeks in 1985 when I couldn't bear to use a check in the store. Of course, my aunt (CIA), my uncle (state) and dad's cousin (*ahem*...) had it worse.
He was an Oathbreaker of the worst sort. Here's hoping he is somehow simultaneously in the worst part of Bad Place in every religion, feeling the agony of them all at the same time.
I admit to feeling some sense of closure when I heard the news.
Put his corpse at the bottom of a public vault toilet.
If he's received his due (and I'm sure he has) it's another case of FAFO! Only he'll be finding out forever.
I can't figure out why we don't utilize the death penalty more, pour encouragez les autres.
When people die, they are dead. Imaginations and convictions about life after the end of life don't magically bring this afterlife into existence.
Pity. I hoped he'd live a long, long miserable time.
The putz couldn't control his wife's spending and so he sold out CIA assets to the KGB. They had very nasty demises, in some cases. Some of which the KGB filmed and used as training material for their new recruits.
Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord
So many commies, so little space in hell...
Amen!