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==Soviet victim?==

==Soviet victim?==

One issue that gained ground during the 1980's was the allegation that the ''Scorpion'' was sunk after being discovered by a Soviet flotilla, which the sub had been given a message to divert from her homeward course and shadow.  Author Peter Earley postulated that in 1968 Naval communications were being read with ease, courtesy of a U.S. Navy warrant officer-turned-spy named John Walker.  Although sinking by the Soviets was, and remains, unproven, Walker did serious damage to the Navy and his country.  Top secret code books, code keys, and messages were stolen by him and passed along to the Soviets for nearly 20 years before being caught in 1985.  One of new communications machines he gave information of in 1968 was onboard USS ''Pueblo'', which was seized by [[North Korea]] soon after Walker began his spying.

One issue that gained ground during the 1980s was the allegation that the ''Scorpion'' was sunk after being discovered by a Soviet flotilla, which the sub had been given a message to divert from her homeward course and shadow.  Author Peter Earley postulated that in 1968 Naval communications were being read with ease, courtesy of a U.S. Navy warrant officer-turned-spy named John Walker.  Although sinking by the Soviets was, and remains, unproven, Walker did serious damage to the Navy and his country.  Top secret code books, code keys, and messages were stolen by him and passed along to the Soviets for nearly 20 years before being caught in 1985.  One of new communications machines he gave information of in 1968 was onboard USS ''Pueblo'', which was seized by [[North Korea]] soon after Walker began his spying.