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John Walker Capture

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John Walker was arrested at the Ramada Inn in Rockville, MD in May, 1985. The hotel here is in Rockville and used to be a Ramada Inn.  It appears to be where he stayed but should be verified (room 763).

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John Anthony Walker, Jr. (born 28 July 1937, Washington D.C. is a former United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985. In late 1985, Walker reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, which required him to testify against his conspirator, former Senior Chief Petty Officer Jerry Whitworth, and provide full details of his espionage activities. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to a lesser sentence for Walker's son, former Seaman Michael Walker, who was also involved in the spy ring. During his time as a Soviet spy, Walker helped the Soviets decipher more than one million encrypted naval messages, organizing a spy operation that The New York Times reported in 1987 “is sometimes described as the most damaging Soviet spy ring in history.

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