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
in an era where any true expectation of complete privacy is gone. we have senior political analyst david gergen. you look at a country like france which actually does a lot of spying on the united states, particularly for trade secret, for private companies, france is well-known. obviously china does tremendous amounts as well. i was surprised to learn about france s extensive spying efforts and seemed to be kind of unapologetic about it. very unapologetic. i think there are two two issues here. whether we should be trying to spy on angela merkel the way other nations try to spy on us. i would have to say that s a close call. but it ought to be done very thoughtfully. and if you are spying on the personal cell phone of the the pivotal player, most important leader in europe you would take great care. and consider if it s exposed how much it will hurt you in
more public outrage about this is a lot of people feel the way you do. we kind of all know we re living in an era. we still send e-mails and text messages we shouldn t. but we all sort of know in the back of our heads we re living in an era where any true expectation of complete privacy is gone. we have senior political analyst david gergen. you look at a country like france which actually does a lot of spying on the united states, particularly for trade secret, for private companies, france is well-known. obviously china does tremendous amounts as well. i was surprised to learn about france s extensive spying efforts and seemed to be kind of unapologetic about it. very unapologetic. i think there are twoi two issus here. whether we should be trying to spy on angela merkel the way other nations try to spy on us. i would have to say that s a close call. but it ought to be done very
and some real battles with police, using tear gas and at times rubber bullets. but the makeup of the protesters, a lot of middle class, families, anger at the performance of their own government. martha: the building of a mall in a park in turkey. there is a lot of anger out there. bill: the world cup is in a year. moment from now a rare look inside our national security operation. the head of the nsa will reveal terror plots disrupted by the government spying efforts. we ll take you there live with general alex an der. e gulf, bp : help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i ve been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we ve added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology,
spying efforts, but not all. i praise the president for taking the steps he s taken to keep this country safe from potential terrorist threat. talking points usually supports war on terror strategies, but this one, a major entrugs on the privacy of all americans. this one is dangerous to us. and some liberal pundits but not all are outraged at the president who the huffington post morphed into george w. obama. i have no doubt barack obama would be appalled by this in the past. and i d like to know why he s doing it in the present. do i think it s serious, it s one of the most outrageous examples of stepping on the constitution that i ve heard. they have for right to phone records. i think the nsa program is totally on the up and up. nothing wrong with it. joining us now, charlie savage and political columnist