06.17.2006 - By George Hageman
The following are five great traitors in American History:
Benedict
Arnold: Conspired to hand West Point over to the British (an action
which would have greatly weakened the Continental's war effort during
the American Revolution)Aaron Burr: Killed the President
and later conspired to rule over a Western American Empire (which would
have plunged the country into an East-West Civil War)John Anthony Walker: Led the Walker Spy Ring which sold ALL of the US war plans during the Vietnam War to the SovietsAldrich
Ames: Revealed to the Soviets the names of ALL the American spies
currently operating in the Soviet Union. Many of them would be killed
as a result.Robert Hanssen: Revealed to the Soviets the
location where American leaders would hide in the event of nuclear war.
Also sold the US missile launch plans in the event of a nuclear war.
For more information, read:
US News and World Report (Jan 27, 2003): Spy Stories
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/ames/1.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/walker/1.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-02-21-spydouble.htm
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