Jonathan Pollard 8-17-2015

17, August 2015          Jonathan Pollard It is an absolute travesty that Jonathan Pollard has been released from prison after being convicted of supplying vast amounts of data to our ‘ally’ Israel. In the 1990s Pollard became a cause célèbre in Israel who regarded him as a patriot. This case raises troubling questions about the government’s stubborn claim that Israel is our great ally. It definitely appears to be a lopsided relationship. What is Israel offering the US in return for receiving unconditional support of $3 billion a year? According to Karl Poltka, who was deputy director of Intelligence at the time when Pollard was indicted, Pollard's spying severely damaged America’s cyber-security costing the US billions.  Some of the data ended up in the Soviet Union. American intelligence chiefs stated that Pollard was not motivated by a false sense of patriotism but by greed, spending large amounts of money given by Israel on cocaine, alcohol and an expensive life style. The timing of Pollard’s release is also highly suspect, more than likely an attempt to appease Israel’s opposition to the nuclear accord with Iran.