European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday april 26, 1986 biggest spy Case in . History by Arthur Allen associated press a writer who retraced the Steps of John a. Walker or. Says the convicted spy and his cohorts dealt the United states the most devastating intelligence loss in it history. The Fri and the naval intelligence service say this not the Rosenbergs is the biggest spy Case in . History said Jack m. Kneece author of the forthcoming Book family treason the Walker spy Case. The Rosenbergs gave the soviets about a four year jump on the atomic bomb. These Guys gave the soviets Over 18 to 20 years a devastating amount of information Kneece said. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 after they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the russians. Last summer Navy officials said the secrets Walker is accused of Selling May have compromised submarine warfare strategies by exposing secret Navy codes. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger called the damage a serious the Public image of Walker that emerged during Legal proceedings against him appeared to waver Between the ridiculous and the Sublime. He had obtained top secret documents for years without being detected but As a private investigator tended to bungle investigations and got involved in costly lawsuits. He tried to play the role of the suave lady killer but relationships with his wife and other women were tormented. Kneece is a 48-year-old journalist who has worked for wire services and newspapers for 27 years. His. Book to be published in june by Stein and Day of Briarcliff Manor n.y., is apparently the first of what promises to be a wealth of Walker literature. Two of Walker s daughters Are writing books and Simon and schuster also has contracted a Book. The spy ring which Walker began operating As Early As 1965 while in the Navy was broken up last May when the Fri followed Walker to a drop site near Rockville md., then arrested him. Walker 48, is serving two life terms plus 10 years in prison As part of a plea bargain made with authorities in october. His 22-year-old son Michael l. Walker received a 25-year sentence on five spying counts As part of the agreement. Walker s brother retired it. Cmdr. Arthur j. Walker was sentenced to three life prison terms plus 40 years. Jerry a. Whitworth of Davis calif., a Walker associate is on trial on espionage charges in san Francisco. Walker is scheduled to testify at Whitworth s trial. Kneece interviewed dozens of Walker s Navy up1 photo spy John a. Walker or. Left dealt . Heavy blow. Associates. It took me weeks to find some of them retired living in obscure Little places he said from his Arlington va., Home. Bit by bit he said he pieced together what Walker knew or could have known and matched it with information from the Fri and intelligence agencies. Walker probably earned $1 million from the soviets and the . Military will have to spend about $100 million to repair Walker s leaks Kneece estimated. With Walker s help the soviets were Able to decrypt . Naval communications and to overcome a vast . Superiority in anti submarine warfare said Kneece. Walker s fastidiousness however aided the Fri in its assessment of the damage caused by the spy ring Kneece said. He was a sort of pack rat Kneece said. He saved everything he by analysing Walker s receipts and other material the Fri has been Able to map his movements Kneece said. The soviets provided Walker with a Roto decryption device an electronic Gadget used to copy the wiring on Navy cryptographic equipment. This allowed the soviets to duplicate . Decoding machines aboard submarines Kneece said. Walker also passed along a map of the sonic listening devices the Navy used to track soviet submarines and gave away the Navy technology used to identify soviet vessels by their sound. He gave them about 20 very invaluable bits of information on various topics Kneece said. But Walker s undoing was essentially a family affair. Walker divorced his wife in 1976. In late 1984, Barbara Walker and her daughter Laura Walker Snyder whom Walker earlier had tried to recruit into the spy ring went to the Fri. Snyder 25, who works at Christian broadcasting network in Virginia Beach is writing a Book about her experiences said g. Benton Miller a can spokesman. Sources close to the family say another Walker daughter Margaret Walker of Norfolk and Rachael Walker Michael s wife Are also trying to write a Book about the affair. The women have not commented about their plans. The april 16, 1986, release of doonesbury referred to James r. 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