Jonathan Pollard Was No Jewish Patriot
Yeah! Or was he a "Jewish patriot"? After all he did pass on sensitive stuff to Israel, which then sold it to other countries. But according to Pollard's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz, "Pollard did not really commit any crime, because the United States of America is not only an ally of Israel, but also a friend. Therefore his actions cannot be considered as crime." ... Hm! -tj
by Eric Margolis
The Toronto Sun, Jan. 14, 1999
"(...) After years of denials, Israel finally admitted Pollard, a U.S. Navy civilian analyst, was not a "rogue agent," as it originally claimed, but a spy for Israeli intelligence. Pollard caused enormous damage to U.S. national security. He gave Israel top-secret U.S. military intelligence and diplomatic codes; names of nearly 100 U.S. agents in the Mideast, who were then "turned" by Israel; NSA code-breaking techniques and targets; intercepts of foreign communications; and U.S. war-fighting plans for the Mideast. According to CIA sources, Pollard provided Israeli intelligence with names of important American agents inside the former Soviet Union and Russia who had supplied information on East Bloc weapons and war plans. How the agents' names were linked to the secrets they supplied - a major breach of basic intelligence security - remains a mystery. Some of the enormously sensitive secrets stolen by Pollard may have been either sold, or bartered, by Israel to the Soviet Union.
A number of key CIA agents in the East Bloc were allegedly executed as a result of Pollard's spying. The KGB likely gained access to top-secret U.S. codes - either directly from Israel, or through spies in Israel's government. In short, Pollard's treachery caused one of the worst security disasters in modern U.S. history. >>>more
JUST IN TIME FOR PASSOVER!
April 11, 2006 - Esther Pollard: Bush is Willing to Free Pollard This Week
Speaking on Channel Two's Monday morning television talk program, Esther Pollard said, "Someone who is very close to President Bush came to me last night and said that Bush is ready to free Jonathan even in time for the upcoming Passover holiday [which starts Wednesday night] - as long as Olmert makes an official request."
Arutz Sheva - IsraelNationalNews.comThanks a heap, Jonathan! -tj
