Jonathan Pollard to be released

An American jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel is to be freed in November after the US granted his parole, according to his lawyers.

Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst, was jailed for life in 1987 after being found guilty of passing documents to Israel.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33696718

 

[AnOminous]

You almost have to be some kind of old motherfucker even to know why this is significant.

 

[XYZpdq]

I heard the jews were involved in this.

 

[Dudeofteenage]

You almost have to be some kind of old motherfucker even to know why this is significant.

Guilty

 

[Pikonic]

If he was giving documents to the Soviets he'd be dead.

So he's not doing bad as a spy.

 

[AnOminous]

If he was giving documents to the Soviets he'd be dead.

So he's not doing bad as a spy.

I don't believe we've executed anyone for espionage for the USSR since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and we've convicted a few, such as Aldrich Ames and Robert Philip Hanssen.

I agree he'd probably have never seen the light of day again, though.

 

[Lugal]

Pollard is a truly reprehensible human being. The man sold state secrets for his own profit, then assumed this zionist facade after getting caught.

And I have no fucking clue why we would throw Israel a bone like this when the right-wing Likud government is doing everything it can to obstruct the peace process.

 

[NegaCWC]

If he was giving documents to the Soviets he'd be dead.

So he's not doing bad as a spy.

According to some American intelligence officials the Israeli governenment may have sold info from Pollard to the Soviets. Others believe that while Israel did not intentionally hand out info from Pollard to the Soviets, it still found its way to Moscow through Soviets spies who infiltrated the Isreali intelligence community (scroll further down the article to see this claim).

 

[Dudeofteenage]

There are also (unproven) allegations that Pollard passed information to other countries, for example Pakistan (although it was specifically spying for Israel that he was found guilty of and convicted for).

And to second @AnOminous, Robert Hanssen, who was a far more effective spy than Pollard working for the Soviets and Russians, got away without being executed. I don't think a death sentence was even considered for him.