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Jonathan Jay Pollard Spy Case

CIA Damage Assessment Report

The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage Assessment,

October 30, 1987, released by the CIA in December 2012

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Jonathan Pollard Spy Case CIA Damage Assessment Report

The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage

Assessment, October 30, 1987, released by the CIA in

December 2012.

About Jonathan Jay Pollard

Jonathan Jay Pollard, born August 7, 1954, in Galveston, Texas, is a convicted

Israeli-American spy. While working as an American civilian intelligence analyst

for the Navy, he passed classified information to Israel. He was convicted and

received a life sentence in 1987. As his crime occurred prior to November 1,

1987, he was eligible for parole, and is scheduled to be released on November

21, 2015.

Pollard attended Stanford University and the Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy at Tufts University. According to Ronald J. Olive, author of the book,

"Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in

American History Was Brought to Justice," he amused his classmates with his

espionage fantasies, he claimed to be a Mossad colonel, but he wasnt taken

seriously. When Pollards application to the CIA was rejected, he went to the

Naval Investigative Service (NIS) and found a home in its Anti-Terrorist Alert

Center (ATAC).

Pollard was turned in by a colleague at work who noticed that Pollard

requested classified documents not needed in his work. The FBI entered the

case on November 15 and began a series of interviews with Pollard. After an

interview with FBI agents on November 21, Pollard and his wife drove to the

Israeli Embassy in Washington where they stayed for approximately 20

minutes. Inside the Embassy, Pollard requested political asylum with the hope

of fleeing the United States. The Israelis refused to grant them asylum.

Jonathan Pollard was arrested on November 21, 1985, outside the Israeli

Embassy. The next day, the FBI arrested his wife, Anne Henderson Pollard.

They were charged with selling classified documents to Israel. Four Israeli

officials also were indicted, but escaped the United States. The Israeli

government claimed that it was a rogue operation.


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In February 1987 Wolf Blizter, then a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, stated

that far from the small-time bungler portrayed in some news accounts,

Pollard was a master spy, who provided very important information to the

Israelis. News at the time stated that information provided by Pollard

included detailed information that expedited Israels raid on Tunisia in 1985.A report in The Jerusalem Post described him as one of the most important

spies in Israels history.

On 4 March 1987, after pleading guilty to one count, Pollard was sentenced to

life in prison and his wife to two consecutive five-year terms. She was released

in 1990, moved to Israel, and the Pollards divorced. Israelis have complained

that Pollard received an excessively harsh sentence. Israel granted him

citizenship in 1996 and acknowledged that Pollard had been its agent in 1998.

Retired Naval Investigative Service (NIS) officer Ronald Olive headed the

investigation that led to Pollards arrest. He wrote that Pollard was given

TS/SCI access without ever being formally cleared; his background

investigation was never completed. According to Olive, Pollard once

temporarily lost his classified access because of mental problems. Instead of

dismissal, his access was restored when Pollard threatened legal action.

Israeli officials have repeatedly raised the Pollard case with U.S. counterparts.

U.S. intelligence agencies have opposed clemency for Pollard. On June 8, 2006,the Israeli High Court of Justice refused to intervene in efforts to obtain

Pollards release. On January 10, 2008, in Israel, Shas leader Eli Yishay gave

President Bush letters from Pollards current wife and from spiritual leader

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef pleading for Pollards release, but the White House

spokesman said that there were no plans to change Pollards status.

On January 4, 2011, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made a public appeal to

President Obama to release Pollard saying that Since Jonathan Pollard has

now spent 25 years in prison; I believe that a new request for clemency ishighly appropriate I know that the United States is a country based on

fairness, justice and mercy. For all these reasons, I respectfully ask that you

favorably consider this request for clemency. The people of Israel will be

eternally grateful. In the letter Netanyahu also apologized forIsraels actions


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and said that Israel will continue to abide by its commitment that such

wrongful actions will never be repeated.

In an article appearing in the September 6, 2008 issue of the Jerusalem Post,

Olive wrote that, "Pollard did not serve Israel solely, and that Pollardconfessed to passing secrets to South Africa and to his financial advisers,

shopping his access to Pakistan and recruiting others for money."

The Report

The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage Assessment, October 30,

1987.

In 1987, the CIA's Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee, at the

direction of the Director of Central Intelligence, produced a Top

Secret/Codeword 166-page study examining the damage caused by Jonathan

Pollard's espionage on behalf of Israel in 1984 and 1985. The focus of the study

was Pollard's personal history and espionage career, Israeli intelligence

priorities and requests, material provided by Pollard, as well as losses and

vulnerabilities. Additional material includes a detailed chronology and lessons

learned in this case concerning security and counterintelligence.

The report includes a section titled "What the Israelis Did Not Ask For." The

study states that Israel "never expressed interest in US military activities,

plans, capabilities, or equipment." The report says that Pollard's Israeli

handlers sought information about Syrian drones and central communications,

Egyptian missile programs, and Soviet air defenses. Israel was greatly

interested in a signals intelligence manual that would allow them to listen in

on Soviet advisers in Syria.

When interviewed by the FBI, Pollard claimed that a key contributing factor tohis actions was his concern and frustration over the inadequate US reaction

following the bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut in October

1983. Pollard rationalized that if the U.S. Government was unwilling to take

effective countermeasures to protect its own interests in Lebanon, then it

might be unwilling or unable to provide Israel with adequate assistance in the


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event of critical need. Pollard stated he "walked out of the memorial service

(for the Marines) committed to doing something that would guarantee Israel's

security even though it might involve a degree of potential risk and personal

sacrifice."


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