By Jock L. Falkson
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On April 13, 2013 the Jerusalem Post published a strong call for the release of Jonathan Pollard headlined under the heart wrenching title of \u201cPollard Mincing no words, the editor wrote: \u201cBefore any \nAmerican request, suggestion or recommendation geared\nto restart talks with the Palestinians is addressed, \nPollard must be home. Nothing moves until Pollard is \nreleased. No gestures. No concessions. No deals.\u201d\u009d \nThis is nothing short of excellent and I hope our Prime \nMinister has been apprised and approves of it. That the US has been monstrously unfair to Pollard is perhaps best understood when compared to the same sentence received by Aldrich Ames, an American, who was also charged with spying for the Soviet Union. s 10,000 days\u201d\u009d. The Post<\/code>s editor urged Israel to demand Pollard`s freedom in \nreturn for further cooperation with the US.
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\nThat the US has been monstrously unfair to Pollard is perhaps best understood when compared to the same sentence received by Aldrich Ames, an American, who was also charged with spying for the Soviet Union.
\nI quote from Wikipedia: \u201cAmes could have faced the death penalty because his betrayal had resulted in the deaths of a number of CIA agents. He pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life imprisonment.\u201d\u009d
\n\u201cIn court, Ames admitted that he had compromised \u201d\u02dcvirtually all Soviet agents of the CIA and other American and foreign services known to meand had provided the USSR and Russia with a \u201d\u02dchuge quantity of information on United States foreign, defense and security policies<\/code>.”
\n\u201cIt is estimated that information Ames provided to the Soviets compromised at least 100 US intelligence operations, and to the execution at least ten U.S. agents.\u201d\u009d
\nNothing Pollard did compares with the harm which Aldrich inflicted on the US:
\n\u201d\u00a2 Aldrich spied for Russia, Americas worst enemy. Pollard spied for Israel, a friendly country. <br><br>\n\u201d\u00a2 Aldrich was responsible for the deaths of at least 10 US spies. Pollard was not responsible for the death of any US spies. <br><br>\n\u201d\u00a2 Aldrich sold information which compromised American foreign, defense, and security policies. Pollard sold information to Israel which compromised Israel<\/code>s Islamic enemies exclusively. (He believed the US had agreed to share such information with Israel and was not doing so.)
\n\u201d\u00a2 Aldrich exposed at least 100 US secret operations. Pollard exposed none.
\n\u201d\u00a2 Aldrich was given life but no solitary confinement. Pollard was given life plus 7 years in solitary confinement.
\nFollowing his trial, Israel was pressured to publicly state it would never again spy on the US. However, the US has not agreed to stop spying on Israel. It employs scores of intelligence officers in its multi-storied office building in Tel Aviv \u201d\u201c far more than the number needed for the simple clerical tasks of dealing with passport, visa and green card applications.
\nIf Israel is reluctant to carry out the Posts editor's excellent recommendation to exert pressure for a Presidential pardon to gain Pollard<\/code>s freedom, shouldn`t we humbly – but publicly – ask the US to publicly state whether she has stopped spying on Israel?
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