The Most Damaging Soviet Spy Ring in American History | True Life Spy Stories

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Primary sources and further reading (afiiliate links):
📕 Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring, Pete Earley - Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring
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🎞️ A Family of Spies (1989) - amzn.to/4cmyntM
🎞️ On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - amzn.to/4b4L9vQ
🎞️ The Vietnam War (2017) - amzn.to/3VqClux
John Anthony Walker Jnr. ran the largest and most damaging espionage ring in Cold War history. For nearly 18 years he and his co-conspirators sold US Navy secrets to the Soviets.
Yet things inevitably got too big and too messy. John Walker’s contempt for his wife and those around him meant that it was only a matter of time before his house of cards went tumbling down.
In the year of the spy, John Anthony Walker Jnr. was the spy of the decade.
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[@PhilipThompson]

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[@OtherCrazyCritters-nn2ut]

Why mention that his mother was Italian and not mention his father's ethnicity? Thats odd. You either mention both or none at all.

[@JackReinsmith]

Fun fact: when I was a child my baby sitter was his daughter, Cynthia. She's now married to a police officer and her son is a marine. They don't talk about her father and without knowing the back story you wouldn't ever guess her dad was one of the most destructive spy's in American history.

[@Stephcurry-e7v]

What movie was that?

[@j.2_w77]

me when i lie

[@JackReinsmith]

@j.2_w77 she lives in Norfolk, Virginia and her husband was a transit officer originally on the Tide light rail which was relatively new at the time. She and her husband enjoyed playing candy crush style games, at the time she was baby sitting us she purchased a new house to rent out and it was completely trashed and needed thousands in work before it was ready. She still lives in Norfolk and her husband has since become a Norfolk police officer. She has a strong dislike for the circus do to the treatment of the elephants specifically and would always point it out when we rode the tide while visiting her husband.

[@afzaalkhan.m]

American society and its trigger. Happy folks also has left millions disillusioned in a land of plenty ironically.only the elite live the life of untouchable kings

[@stptr14]

1312

[@Diggy246]

Considering how spicy this story is, Lord only knows what goes on in the spy world right now that we don't know about...

[@AndrewJeffersonCotter]

That's what I think about. In 40 years are we going to be watching documentary's (or plug our brains into the hivemind) about spies today?

[@studytime2570]

@@AndrewJeffersonCotter its inevitable😥

[@vmoses1979]

It's all corporate/industrial espionage for the most part now with electronic surveillance and information gathering rather than human intelligence.

[@BiggestCorvid]

"This is thev story of selfish people that began in 2022, and the furry sysadmins that revealed their crimes."

[@AlexKarasev]

Astute comment. All these stories should have " *that we know of* " added to their titles.

[@martindavid1949]

I served as a 3rd class Radarman in CIC (Combat Information Center) aboard the U.S.S. Niagara Falls (AFS-3) in and out of Vietnam from July, 1969 through August, 1972. John Walker was a Radioman and worked in the next room. A little over a year after he came aboard I was discharged and went home. He stayed aboard for a few more years. Walker far outranked me (E-4 vs E-7) & we never really associated. It wasn't until years later when his story came out (& it was only then) that I realized the codes we were using (they changed every night at midnight) were the very ones Walker was photographing while locked in the crypto room and then sending them to the enemy. I've often wondered how many names are on The Wall in Washington because of that prick. My only memory of John Walker is that he was an asshole. 😎

[@PhilipThompson]

@@martindavid1949 thanks for sharing this anecdote!

[@cynic5581]

His military ID says Grade CW03 (chief warrant officer 3). 10+ years plus high security clearance would be near 100k annual salary in today’s money, maybe higher depending on years in the military and level of security clearance. Also in the military it’s not only how much you get paid but how much you don’t have to pay. Much easier to have more money when you’re not spending what you have on the basic things civilians pay for daily. Just want to put that out there to illustrate his level of greed.

[@PhilipThompson]

Thanks, this helps me to put it into a little more perspective!

[@caseyc4516]

Yeah but that was then..my grandfather was in the navy and the pay was garbage..I’m sure cases like this is why they make so much now

[@AlexKarasev]

"Level of greed" isn't a useful concept, at least in this sense. Greed is all about "more" - more than peers, more than everyone, more than you yesterday. In the Western world, virtually everyone's basic needs are met & then some - but often at the cost of mental health, relationships, and time. These costs, naturally, shape the attack vectors most available to the adverse powers. In this case greed to acquire tokens of wealth wasn't in itself the individual's goal, but rather a crutch they'd appreciated to alleviate their actual issues. I write this reflecting on the incredible fact that this simple notion has flown completely over the heads of just about everyone who ought to have known better.

[@ronr.53400]

and it says INDEFINITE for expiration 🤔 damnnn

[@Cozmo-hp4uo]

You don't know how military pay works, do you?

[@JJsOriginals]

PERFECT - I am in the process of trying to change the bearing on my washing machine and this hits the ear spot 100%.

[@PhilipThompson]

Haha that's great to hear! 😂

[@dewetmaartens359]

Good luck bro. I'm sure you will do fine, but if this helps, take pics while stripping.

[@foxyroxstar]

it's quite a plastic item..oh that's on the dryer!

[@TonyZlatko]

@JJsOriginals 👍👍👍👍You bastard👍👍👍👍👍 Excellent!😄😃😀😂

[@Seasee]

Ur to funny 🤣

[@markc6714]

Great work as usual. My only comment would be to put the sponsorship at the start or end. It's annoying when trying to concentrate on the documentary when it's suddenly interrupted by an ad.

[@KawausoKuso]

The creator might not have control over where the ad placement goes when he signed the contract since he's a smaller channel.

[@margarethouse404]

A creator can absolutely control if and where they make acknowledgement of any support or sponsorships . out of their own mouth . as part of the main body: of the programming . You Tube ads will pop up wherever , and in whatever quantity the mysterious yt algorithms deem best , with no input or control from the creator .

[@markc6714]

@@margarethouse404 if I wanted your opinion, I'd give it to you

[@AbbyNormL]

Funny that the actor that played Walker in the movie about a successful spy and traitor also played Jim Jones in the movie about the People’s Temple Cult’s mass suicide.

[@andreagnauck4982]

Powers Booth, one of my favorite actors. He died of cancer in 2017.

[@josephanderson7237]

Powers Booth also played a soldier in the movie Southern Comfort.

[@joelperez3159]

Thanks for the fun fact I didn't know that

[@silverXnoise]

Now we know how K-Mart pulled off that impressive upset, winning the Cold War over both Russia and the US…

[@citylimits8927]

But losing to Walmart!

[@MaxVerslappin48]

Yeah his comparison to security being better at Kmart but what he is failing to realize is he WAS the “security” as the person in control of the sensitive materials. I had Top Secret clearance and access to all sorts of nuclear weapon manuals and documents in the most well guarded and restricted areas in the world and could have easily taken documents if I really wanted to. But being an honorable and well not a criminal piece of shit I had no to want or motivate to do it.

[@usaturnuranus]

That internal voice and sense of right and wrong is really all that any secure operation has to depend on when it comes to individuals with high levels of direct access. And Walker was about as amoral and self serving as they come, which I would imagine is nearly impossible to detect when coupled with high intelligence. He knew exactly how to play the game to his advantage. Robert Hanssen was weird and messed up, it was just a matter of time with him. Walker was greedy, cool headed and calculating, and very nearly got away with it. I wonder how many more are out there.

[@wasd____]

@@citylimits8927 Walmart was Kmart's Vietnam

[@ronr.53400]

​@@usaturnuranus hanssen lasted about the same in years huh? 16 - 20 ???

[@colinstewart1432]

The book " I pledge allegiance " gives the full story of this case. Including tradecraft with photo's of the dead drop sites.

[@ronr.53400]

i gotta find that book ... will search library 🤔

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

I once was approached by a Russian embassy men, due to the t-shirt I wore. He said something in Russian so I replyed _"ya ne govoryu po-russki",_ I don't speak Russian. He then asked me, quite bluntly if I say so myself, if I worked in the military sector. Me: *"Njet"*

[@trevormocarski5276]

I put off watching this because I've heard it so many times, but you PT did this story such justice! Very well done! Amazing as always!! I still can't get enough of your narration. Please more episodes !!

[@Derrick6162]

I love spy stories. Very enjoyable, thank you.

[@victornderu143]

Your quality is always a level above the rest. Always drops my jaw!!

[@SamBroadway]

I am anticipating the time I have to schedule this channel for a binge. I am a new subscriber and I can't wait to watch the entire playlist... Excellent

[@alexandergrigorov2594]

Ironically DC based KGB general Oleg Kalugin who supervised John Walker in the beginning deflected himself to US.

[@ronr.53400]

was Oleg executed? by the russians or us? 😏

[@alexandergrigorov2594]

@@ronr.53400 if not mistaken he lives in US.

[@olgagaming5544]

Grass is always greener on the other side

[@drdickvagesq]

I was in the Navy post Walker. 1988. The story and the changes in security were fresh and evolving at the time. I bought the book 'Family Of Spies' and must have read it a dozen times. Watching this was a trip down memory lane.

[@raoul.nordicartist]

Perhaps the very best documentary channel of the spy topics at all. I surely know most of those cases, but here I always get informed about so much more. The narration is fascinating, the visual material, if not fully authentic, then historically and tastefully chosen at least. What else would you want if ya’re spy-stories’ addicted!??!! 😎👀😇 . Also I suggest to see movies like “Breach”, “Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy”, “Bridge of Spies”, “Pack of Lies” (my absolute favourite, actually!) - all based on true stories, and there are many more. Full kudos - to this very channel here. 👏

[@missdeal07]

Well done, Mr. Thompson. Your videos are very interesting. The visuals are appreciated.

[@silverXnoise]

Judging by the photos of these men, my late stepfather was the spy, his successor, and simultaneously several of the tangential figures pictured. Every dude in the 1970s looked the same.

[@margarethouse404]

No , we didn't .😊 What you could say is that different social/ cultural groups were clearly delinated . with significant degree of similarity within each .

[@candydonnelly7543]

Thank you Philip for another amazing true story. Having had brave patriots die in my Family to save Democracy, I am always amazed how low people will sink to make a buck!

[@12vscience]

What a piece of work.

[@magellantv]

Wow, this was incredible.

[@madcat789]

Always good to hear a new spy video as I get to work.

[@saminsiddiquee2059]

Same here

[@masoncarter6709]

sitting here watching this video in Scranton, not knowing this guy was from here. crazy twist to the night 😅 this place rlly is where ppl come to get out of the mix.

[@ronr.53400]

and dope smugglers too 😂 Rick Lytjues excuse my misspelling 😏

[@masoncarter6709]

​@@ronr.53400oh yeaaa haha good ole air america

[@ssemandajonathan2412]

BOB HANSSEN WAS HANDED A TASK OF INVESTIGATING A FELLOW SPY 😂😂😂

[@donalfinn4205]

Well done and very interesting.

[@rashedusman9717]

In a way, it's not surprising that such cases exist taking in consideration that people are constantly surrounded by the idea that in order to be successfull nothing else matters.

[@hypnophonz]

The US Chief of Naval Operations should be held accountable also, in order to ensure that these lazy-ass brass lose their complacency.

[@hypnophonz]

While civilians should be regarded as innocent till proven guilty, ALL military and intel personnel, should be viewed as suspects.

[@TonyZlatko]

@hypnophonz👍👍👍👍 Your right! But tell it to them too.....! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😂

[@MaxVerslappin48]

Working in the nuclear career field in the Air Force we were always told the greatest threat to security was an insider threat

[@TonyZlatko]

@@MaxVerslappin48 👍👍😅 That's my experience too..... Means, never tell even closest friend what You need, want, ordered to do... If he wants to know something You know why......, It's valid in every business,duty..... every country !

[@francel0198]

Great video as always!!

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

0:07 Raymond Reddington agrees with that statement

[@TheArtofFugue]

😂😂

[@hb_13]

The best YT channel is back. Just bought you 10 coffees on your link🎉

[@PhilipThompson]

Thank you so much! I have just seen, and that is very generous!

[@LeifEriccson43]

All branches of the military using the same encryption is peak comedy.

[@godlymonkey]

No it isn't, it is actually logical lol.

[@buzz5969]

Aint gonna cmuunicate very much if not on same keymat/edition.

[@jeff-hh9mc]

“We’re broke. Now turn yourself out woman.”😂😂😂. What an absolute clown aside from Espionage.

[@scottcarbaugh4296]

A special place in Hell for John Walker.

[@robertplatt1693]

Walker wrote a prison memoir. He was an absorbing writer. He had to be articulate and charming to pull off the stuff that he did.

[@ericthornton2295]

Michael Walker didn't drop out. He graduated from the same high school as me.

[@leonbundage-qq1gw]

I remember this like It was yesterday.

[@ronr.53400]

this guy was caught when the boyce / lee movie came out ... weird 🤔

[@FreddieMatiba]

My favorite KZbin channel

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

I can't imagine how unbearable it is for individuals like these, that are unequivocally convinced that they are better than everyone else, whilst reality consistently proves the opposite. To anyone wondering, this is the most basic profile for traitors: the malcontent. This stems from an innate belief that the subject is somehow better and should have a higher status despite their lack of actual merit. And so they go seek it elsewhere.

[@TPS..]

The brainwashing is real what are you even talking about?

[@andreagnauck4982]

I concur and Robert Hansen would be an excellent example of your comment.

[@spiritualdeath101]

The soviet psychologists identify young people - those who have unresolved personal issues within themselves often due to childhood trauma - the internal tension can be used by a skilled recruiter - a secret double life enables the person to channel this discontentment outwards towards a target. The text-book case for this was Kim Philby who was recruited by Arnold Deutsch; a university tutor.

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

@@spiritualdeath101 indeed! awesome reply

[@wheatiewheatfieldsoul9484]

He should never have been approved for a top secret clearance.

[@ronr.53400]

look at that i.d. again .. bottom right,, it says INDEFINITE (expiration) 😳

[@buzz5969]

@@ronr.53400Every Officers ID says that kid.😊

[@buzz5969]

Cant be a Communicator in the Navy without one kid.

[@wheatiewheatfieldsoul9484]

@buzz5969 no kidding,

[@jackkunkel]

He should have paid his alimony.

[@nserekoraymond8593]

It's absurd how super powers tend to pay their service men less than they do their spies. Little wonder guys choose to be double agents

[@TheShockwaveDragon]

People already lose their shit about how the "military industrial complex" is overpaid and angling for another war at any given opportunity; can you just imagine how everyone would shit if you paid every grunt a doctor's salary? Besides, the enemy only ever needs to find the one individual in the service that is motivated by idealism rather than money and they'll have their entry vector.

[@RebeccaOre]

Most of the cases I've read about show KGB/Soviets offering to match the target's base pay. Some refused any pay and some negotiated for higher. They paid in cash, obviously, and the intelligence services could get any banking information if someone was spending beyond their known means, so a lot of it evaporated in consumables of various kinds.

[@brettbbalin_1631]

Been waiting on your next video I’m excited

[@Forevermade32]

Another amazing video

[@joelperez3159]

What's the name of the movie that's playing in this video

[@lisaboban]

Great video!

[@richardkeilig4062]

Well done. It is hard to believe that such a traitor existed. How many Americans lost their lives from his and his gang? Very sad.

[@jadams3427]

I never trust people with beards and glasses.

[@shantanusapru]

Amazingly well done video!

[@mancroft]

Excellent as usual. Thank you.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Rev Jim Jones or a young John Rambo? Baffled!

[@zac8603]

I love how every 10-15 words you lean into this cartoonish southern drawl. I don’t know how you got picked up this accent, but it makes me happy every time I hear a word with those elongated syllables.

[@PhilipThompson]

It's a pretty typical accent from the east coast of South Africa where I spent most of my life.

[@Josh-hr5mc]

Subbed and love the quality of the videos. You should have alot more subs if YT algorithm would be better for lesser known creators

[@benjaminperez1149]

First Officer Murphy of the Pueblo was a friend of my father’s.

[@buzz5969]

Was it manned by Civilian Mariners? 1st Officer is not a military rank.

[@benjaminperez1149]

@@buzz5969 LOL The USS Pueblo? Are you serious?

[@maugustyniak]

"...she received two black eyes" Soo... she fell down the stairs, climbed back up and immediately fell a second time. Such luck!

[@magicofkarpaty8356]

Thank you

[@arcadiarecords9832]

Finallyyyy!👊🏾❤️

[@robdegoyim4023]

2 of them would have been eligible for parole in 2015 but died within a month of each other in 2014 🕵️‍♂️

[@howardkahn4330]

HIS WIFE GOT HIM.......GOOD GIRL !

[@adelekeayuk5172]

i wonder how many will continue to suffer because of these weak links

[@maplerice6226]

11:49 - the Domino Theory, you have this completely incorrect. China was firmly Communist by 1949 and Cuba was firmly Communist by 1959. The Domino Theory was a theory that not only applied to Asia but also postulated that if any country fell to communism then the neighbouring countries were more likely to suffer a communist insurgency based out of the territory of the communist neighbour and more than likely to fall to communism.

[@warmonger8799]

Awesome ❤❤❤

[@TheMajorActual]

Always good to see a video from you...However, I remember when this story broke. This case is very personal to me. I was upset to the point that I didn't eat that night, then got hyper-pissed off, because these dirtbags were literally trying to get me killed. I still get angry every time these sleaze bags come up.

[@kevindorland738]

God bless you and yours. I'm still wondering how/why the UCMJ took such a light hand with this traitor.

[@TheMajorActual]

@@kevindorland738 For most of them, they were already out of the military. In the case of Walker's son, that was out of the Navy's hands because of Walker's plea deal for his confession.

[@jrobertsoneff]

Are u a spy then?

[@_Meng_Lan]

​@@jrobertsoneffnavy init 🎉

[@melusimgwenya5844]

love your vids

[@bgreen7286]

The Navy doesn't seem to have very high entry standards

[@Dan-be7iu]

It does now... I wasn't welcome just based on some minor criminal troubles as a kid.

[@leojohn1615]

Standards can only be so high when you need hundreds of thousands of personal over many decades to maintain the force. Particularly as these days not many people want a military lifestyle.

[@TheShockwaveDragon]

Relative to then, they probably are now; the U.S. armed forces no longer accept people offered the choice of reform through enlistment or prison, which is clearly where this guy would've likely ended up given the trajectory of his life up to then.

[@ronr.53400]

​@@TheShockwaveDragonLeavenworth 😂

[@justicestyles]

Traitor … breaks my heart 💔.. his son too ..

[@andyokus5735]

The Navy gave Walker an easy opportunity to continue his devious criminal tendencies.

[@Qhennf]

First, love you vids!

[@brianbelton3605]

@ 7:16 that is Powers Boothe

[@KikoCpapiC]

5k to b a traitor is crazy

[@ycamara9034]

Wow no loyalty ,,I said it lets we all fear betray , betray is bad

[@ronr.53400]

betrayal its betrayals

[@margarethouse404]

Just from reading the title , before in the first 10 seconds seeing that the topic was John Walker , et al , l had to Comment this : It is not possible to difinatively state a Single * Most Damaging * , because the two leading possibilities were both terrible , but largely in different contexts that can't be directly compared : . The Walker Family & Friends altered the Strategic balance of power , and indirectly extended the Cold War . A huge thing , but the bottom line results were indirect , and one of multiple other geopolitical factors . Robert Hansen directly and relatively imeadately caused the death and torture of a large number of specific identifiable people .

[@ronr.53400]

.... then there was ames

[@winstonsmith2235]

I wonder if there is at least one Soviet/Russian spy who worked for the West who could be described in such hard terms as John Walker? "Evil incarnate"...I love the stories you produce but I always get a feeling - I mean, its not a feeling but rather obvious fact - that somehow those who worked for the West were better human beings with virtually no or little pathological character flaws...Not as greedy, more moral, better fathers and husbands...etc...Maybe that is the way it is...Like I said, I like to see at least one episode on a Soviet/Russian spy for the US who was a complete moral vacuum, a sociopath and a greedy scumbag with no redeeming qualities.

[@RebeccaOre]

The guy who helped ID the Russian spy, Rudolph Able (real name Willie Fisher) was an alcoholic who was pretty useless as Able's assistant. I suspect that some other defectors were also flakes. One Russian spy, Melita Norwood, refused money, thought she was doing what she did to help peace by creating nuclear parity, and was only caught in her 80s, and wasn't charged. She turned down a Russian pension. However not born a British national. Died in the UK and was awarded posthumous honors by the Russians. We have to remember with Norwood and some of the others that in the 1930s through 1945, Nazis were a bigger threat than the communists. And some business and political leaders in the US and US were appeasers. Different times.

[@josephanderson7237]

How many Vietnam US soldier were killed because of the greedy fool?? Anyone?

[@Getyourheadoutyourass]

ZERO

[@josephanderson7237]

@ you should Probably should listen to more interviews from soldiers (on each side). He gave classified information to NVA regarding US ship locations and manuevers off the Vietnam coast. Many men died because of this bastard.

[@Kakekutter]

Can you imagine your own drunk mother trying to spite her husband that dont want her getting you her own son 25 years in prison at 21 years old

[@ronr.53400]

yeeeeeshh 😳 bad vibes 😂

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Fun facts matter of opinion. Blog or new book please!

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

the guy drove an MG? lol, yeah. never trust someone who drives one of those.

[@YoSora1313]

3:13 Now that's Sus

[@FirstLast_Nba]

Damn.

[@ronr.53400]

yeah, thats what i said ... then i heard of hanssen and boyce and montes and ... .... 😳

[@CannabisEducation]

I really look forward to your videos thank you for making such awesome content!! Nice springbok accent too 😎

[@hypnophonz]

The Russians provided John Walker with a MINOX camera, not a Monox.

[@guitartoneSA]

How can anyone listen to this guys voice for more than 20 seconds without going fking crazy???

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Perfect candidate for strategic intelligence following well placed uniformed assignments!

[@willatwood]

The guy in cuffs sitting down at the beginning has a huge forehead.

[@alfredthoeresz4691]

Magellan, Magellan every 5 min? 👎

[@kiwinz8392]

Well done Mr Walker

[@ThePuschkin1986]

I wonder what made him so attractive to women even later in life...

[@RebeccaOre]

$$$$$$$

[@jamkar5582]

I was not surprised to see people of such nature also easily fall for conspiracies out of certain frustrations. I cannot help but think of Q and MAGA folk.

[@whatareuthinking1]

Trump done this for years and years

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

🤣🤣🤣 r u a shill or blind in one eye? they ALL have been doing it for years. look at just the difference in net worth before & after taking office for POTUSes since Regan at least (Clinton is the biggest) ... singling one out one as special or partisanism isn't tenable when you look at them all. ❤️‍🩹 ✌🏻 ps they want us to choose sides and argue with each other about it. misdirection (distraction) is the first rule of illusionists. let's please not play their game & keep them _all_ accountable.

[@scottcarbaugh4296]

TDS….Big time!

[@buzz5969]

Trumpy never served kids

[@robertthweatt1900]

There are reports of losses of agents. This may be more by inference than directly. 'So, Trump knows X, so how does he know? Only Y could have told the Americans that.'

[@carolann3249]

Greedy guy

[@LordMarcus]

The key takeaway from the history of Soviet espionage and counter-espionage is that it never really mattered. Damaging? How? What is the world like now that it would not be if cases like these never happened? Soviet and US Intelligence were chucklefucks.

[@godlymonkey]

How was it damaging? It got people killed in Vietnam and many other places.

[@LordMarcus]

@@godlymonkey That was happening anyway. Viet Nam was not Korea. France couldn't keep their hands on French Indochina, so it's a bit of bluster to assume the United States could manage better.

[@godlymonkey]

@@LordMarcus it got more people killed there.

[@shenlumpeng3503]

fun fact: this documentary is boring😂😂😂

[@GM-xk1nw]

This video sounds more like propaganda, oh the Vietnamese got away from the bombing areas and saved their lives, how dare they.

[@bigdadddyd123]

You’re a simp if you think the wife didn’t deserve everything she got😂

[@evelynenders3144]

IF YOU PUT A COMMENT THAT IS NOT THE OPINION OF THE CREATOR IT IS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED!

[@paulrichards3833]

Lots of propaganda

[@-VOR]

😂 Robert Hansen is the most damaging spy in American history. How do you figure John beats him?

[@colinstewart1432]

Because Walker & Co altered the strategic balance of power. Giving Russia an ability to know the position of US Submarines and intercept their comms. That's why.

[@ronr.53400]

they both were very damaging ... damn glad to have this story on youtube, you did a good job with it 😳

[@juliannenakigudde6855]

What a messed up family