Another Perspective
A Visit With Jonathan Pollard
The former Navy analyst, serving a life sentence for passing classified information to Israel, is interviewed at his “gated community” in Butner, North Carolina.
(Page 3 of 9)
Q.
People convicted of crimes similar to
yours typically get much shorter sentences, and even the prosecutor
in your case did not recommend the maximum. Why do you believe you
received a life sentence?
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A.
That question was actually answered in 1998, in
an article by J.J. Goldberg, now the editor of the
Forward
. He quoted high-level sources in Washington who
indicated that it was the Joint Chiefs of Staff who engineered my
sentence, working through Caspar Weinberger to communicate with the
sentencing judge. These sources stated clearly that my sentence had
nothing to do with my guilt or innocence, but was intended solely
to send a message to American Jews.
/p>
p>
Q.
I came across a lot of invective-filled
articles by Seymour Hersh. Why is he crusading against
you?
br>
A.
He is a guy who facilitates agendas of various
parties in exchange for scoops. He turns leaks, lies and fables
into alleged journalism. And yet, ironically, even he quoted former
CIA chief George Tenet confirming that no information I ever gave
Israel compromised the safety of any U.S. agent or was released to
any third party beyond Israel.
/p>
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