SUSPECT'S FIRM WORKS FOR DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000706280002-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 31, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2011/12/13: CIA-RDP90-00965R000706280002-0
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WASHINGTON POST
31 May 1985
Suspect's
Works for Defense
By Philip Smith
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'Accused s Arthur Walk&'s Virginia
employer, o is a diversified
ov-
ernment contractor earnm a r e rtion
o its more than on muiual reve-
nues from defense proiects. some involving
Pentagon secrets.
A company official, Craig Veber, would
say little yesterday about Walker's role in
the firm's Chesapeake, Va; office, which he
joined in 1980. But Weber ISdded, "I don't
know of any measures that are sufficient, Ito
guard classified information] when you have
a model citizen with a distinguished service
record and the appropriate security clear-
ances ... who makes a decision" to steal
confidential material. , - .
Coworkers said Walker.was assigned-to a
VSE project called PERA; which stands for
Planning and Engineering for Repairs.-and
Alterations on amphibious vessels in-.the
Navy's Atlantic fleet. The work involves
planning for maintenance and overhaul, to
reduce costs and shipyard time.
It was unclear what access Walker, ,a re-
tired Navy lieutenant commander and for-
mer submariner, may have had to other,
more sensitive information VSE is privy to'
in the array of defense contracts it holds
with the Navy. - , ?'
During the period of Walker's employ-
ment, VSE performed more than $137mil-
lion worth of projects for, the Navy, includ-
ing $12 million for marine architectural-en-
gineering, according to Defensive JMarket-
ing Service Inc. (DMS), 'a firm that tracks
defense industry contracting.
Other Navy jobs included $5 milliop for
missile and spacecraft engineering devel-
opment and $1.5 million for technical advice
on communications equipment. .
Weber, the company 'spokesman, said lie
did not know if VSE; an Alexand -based
company, is currently involved in t'an-
tisubmarine warfare projects for the service.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2011/12/13: CIA-RDP90-00965R000706280002-0