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The Facts of Jonathan Pollard's Case
The Facts of Jonathan Pollard's Case
1.Jonathan Pollard was a civilian Navy intelligence analyst who, in
the mid-1980s, discovered that information vital to Israel's security
was being deliberately withheld by certain elements within the
American Administration.
2.Israel was legally entitled to this vital security information
according to a 1983 Letter of Understanding between herself and
the United States.
3.This information related to Syrian and Iraqi poison gas
production and nuclear capabilities being developed for use against
Israel, as well as planned terrorist attacks against Israeli civilian
targets.
4.When Pollard discovered this suppression of information and
asked his superiors about it, he was told to "mind his own
business", and that "Jews get nervous talking about poison gas;
they don't need to know."
5.Pollard, who knew Israeli lives were being put in jeopardy as a
result of this conspiracy, did everything he could think of to have
the illegal embargo stopped and the flow of information restored.
When his efforts met no success, he began to give the information
to Israel directly.
6.Jonathan Pollard was an ideologue, not a mercenary. The FBI
concluded after nine months of polygraphing that Pollard acted for
ideological reasons only, not for profit. This fact was recognized by
the sentencing judge. (See the addendum for further details.)
7.In 1985, his actions were discovered by the U.S. government. His
instructions were to seek refuge in the Israeli embassy in
Washington.
8.When Pollard and his former wife sought refuge in the Israeli
Embassy, they were at first received and then summarily thrown out
into the waiting arms of the F.B.I.
9.Jonathan Pollard never had a trial. At the request of the U.S.
Government, Pollard entered into a plea agreement, which he
spared the U.S. a long, difficult, expensive and potentially
embarrassing trial.
10.Pollard fulfilled his end of the plea agreement, cooperating fully
with the prosecution.
11.Nevertheless, Pollard received a life sentence and a
recommendation that he never be paroled, as the government
violated every clause of the plea agreement.
12.Prior to sentencing, the then-Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger delivered a long letter to the sentencing judge, in which
he falsely accused Pollard of being a traitor and demanded the
maximum sentence allowable.
13.Pollard was never charged with treason, only with one count of
passing classified information to an ally.
14.No one else in the history of the United States has ever received
a life sentence for passing classified information to an ally.
15.Even agents who have given information to enemy nations did
not receive such a heavy sentence.
16.Pollard appealed, but his appeal was rejected on a technicality:
that it had not been filed on time. Judge Williams wrote a minority
opinion, calling the majority decision "a complete and gross
miscarriage of justice."
17.Jonathan Pollard was never indicted for harming the United
States. This is a separate charge and there is no evidence to support
such a charge.
18.Jonathan Pollard is now an Israeli citizen, who wishes only to
lead a quiet, private life.
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