was arrested by the fbi after his wife basically narced him out to the u.s. government for spying for the soviet union. his name was john anthony walker. he had been stealing classified information from the navy for years. selling it to the soviet union. he had been doing this for almost 20 years. by the time the fbi finally caught up to him and arrested him in may 1985. walker had roped his immediate family into helping him with spying efforts. paid a lot by the soviets for doing it. eventually his wife turned him in. when the john anthony walker spying arrest was disclosed in 1985 it was shocking at the time. it turned out that it was just the first of many many such arrests and revelations that year. john walker was arrested in may, 1985. sfast fast forward. cement of that year. edward lee howard. edward lee howard worked at the cia. he had started selling u.s. intelligence to the soviet union in the previous year, 1984. the fbi was apparently tipped off that he might be a
his name was john anthony walker. he had been stealing classified information from the navy for years. selling it to the soviet union. he had been doing this for almost 20 years. by the time the fbi finally caught up to him and arrested him in may 1985. walker had roped his immediate family into helping him with spying efforts. paid a lot by the soviets for doing it. eventually his wife turned him in. when the john anthony walker spying arrest was disclosed in 1985 it was shocking at the time. it turned out that it was just the first of many, many such arrests and revelations that year. john walker was arrested in may, 1985. fast forward. cement of that year. edward lee howard. edward lee howard worked at the cia. he had started selling u.s. intelligence to the soviet union in the previous year, 1984. the fbi was apparently tipped off that he might be a spy inside the cia. stealing secret information. might secretly be working for the russians. the fbi was sort of on to him.
his name was john anthony walker. he had been stealing classified information from the navy for years. selling it to the soviet union. he had been doing this for almost 20 years. by the time the fbi finally caught up to him and arrested him in may 1985. walker had roped his immediate family into helping him with spying efforts. paid a lot by the soviets for doing it. eventually his wife turned him in. when the john anthony walker spying arrest was disclosed in 1985 it was shocking at the time. it turned out that it was just the first of many, many such arrests and revelations that year. john walker was arrested in may, 1985. fast forward. cement of that year. edward lee howard. edward lee howard worked at the cia. he had started selling u.s. intelligence to the soviet union in the previous year, 1984. the fbi was apparently tipped off that he might be a spy inside the cia. stealing secret information. might secretly be working for the russians. the fbi was sort of on to him.
Greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. a certain amount of this is a kind of nostalgia for a world where the united states was not as dominant as it is. nostalgia? it was also very intelligent. a well written piece. i was struck by how cleverly crafted it was, and it ended by saying the united states should not think of itself as exceptional. that s dangerous. we are all god s children and we re all created equally. it was very, you know, whoever wrote it, and i suspect it was not vladimir putin, is actually a very skilled wordsmith. fareed zakaria of fareed zakaria gps thong. robert pelton, thank you. back home, rescue workers in colorado are trying to reach these people cut off by the torrential rains and mudslides. at least three people are dead and that number could rise after heavy rains hit north of denver. these were the tense moments this morning as a man was
So let s talk about how exactly this would work. joining me is the author of the book entitled the world s most dangerous places. he s war correspondent robert pelton. so robert, welcome. i have a lot of questions for you. beginning with, from everything i have read about this, in terms of the task at hand, i understand there are only several hundred people in the world with this kind of expertise to go in a country, to find these things and presumably destroy them. who are they? first of all, the u.s. army has an entire group set up just for chemical weapons handling and destruction. but realistically, once you find these caches, you have to destroy them in place, which means you have to physically build a destruction factory that either incinerates these at high heat or uses some of the newer methods. that takes year, not something that s going to happen overnight. secondly, these kax caches are