Word: breaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trying to limit the damage, the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl notified NATO allies of the security breach, while the Interior Ministry began an investigation. So far, politicians have refrained from blaming Kohl, and his government does not appear to be in immediate political danger. Gerhard Jahn, a member of parliament from the opposition Social Democratic Party, deplored the defection but added that he believed the government "doesn't want to hide anything...
...even as it stands, the case may be the most serious breach of security since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested in 1950 for giving U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger acknowledged "very serious losses that went on over a long period of time." A top Pentagon official gave this damage assessment: "Some of our secrets in submarine warfare, amphibious operations and weaponry, communications coding systems, intelligence gathered by the Navy, and carrier tactics." When some newspaper reports, based mainly on sources in the much embarrassed Navy, tried to downplay the ring's impact, Pentagon Spokesman...
...secret naval communications. As the magnitude of his betrayal unfolded last week, intelligence officials speculated that Walker's espionage may rank with the most damaging in U.S. history. If the charges against Walker prove true, said Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr., former Chief of Naval Operations, "this would represent a breach of security as serious as any I can recall...
Richey said he had considered Thayer's reputation a mitigating factor in the case, but he added that the court would not "hang a medal on the lapel of your coat for the breach of trust, for the false statements . . . and the obstruction of justice you have engaged in in recent years." Lawyers for Harris and Thayer asked that they be given community service in lieu of hard time. But Richey said a stiff sentence was needed "to maintain the integrity of our sacred system of justice...
...White House, wandered up to the second floor and then poked around for more than ten minutes before the Secret Service belatedly grabbed him near the Blue Room. "It was an adventure for me," says Latta. "I just wanted to see how far I could get." Latta's breezy breach of security mortified the White House. Says Speakes: "The Secret Service is taking a hard look at this matter...