Detailed Information on the Pollard Case

An introduction to the Pollard case and essential to understanding it. Read this first, then explore the various links below to learn additional information.

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Esther Pollard shares the inside story of what really happened with her husband, Jonathan Pollard, who is serving his 22nd year of a life sentence in an American prison for serving Israel and the Jewish People. Eleonora Shifrin hosts from the FrontLine studios in Jerusalem.

The following links are collections of related articles and information:

• Comparative Sentences
• The Current Court Case Page
• The U.S.-Iraq Complicity Page
• The Wye Double-Cross Page
• The Must-Read Articles Page
• The FALN/Clemency Page
• The Amit and Kielczynski Page
• The Clemency Page
• The Angelo Codevilla Page

• IMRA Interviews, Commentary & Features Page
  This page contains a wealth of information not found in any other news source. It includes all of the IMRA Interviews with Esther Pollard - an historic series, and required reading for any serious study of the Pollard case. A must-read!

2013

• July 1: Comprehensive quick update on the Pollard Case - 5 brief items: Justice4JPnews
• July 22: MKs: US should help peace process by releasing Pollard: Gil Hoffman - The Jerusalem Post

2012

• Apr. 4: End a great injustice: Jonathan Pollard remains in prison largely because of former defense secretary's biases: Lawrence J. Korb
• June 7: Another tack: Those who deny freedom: The Jerusalem Post

2011

• Jan. 30: Notable Quotes in Support of Jonathan Pollard's Release
• Jan. 30: Links to recent letters calling for Jonathan Pollard's Release: Justice4JPnews
• Nov. 11: Behind the lines: Pollard's plight: The Jerusalem Post

2010

• May 6: 25th Anniversary Review Series - Article #20: Caspar's Ghost - Weinberger Memo Omits Key Involvement: Edwin Black
• Sept. 20: Pollard for the freeze? Dr. Aaron Lerner

2009

• Feb. 15: Not treason, not dual loyalty, but equal justice is the issue: Esther Pollard, The Jerusalem Post
• Feb. 22: Right of Reply: Not a security risk but a bargaining chip: Esther Pollard, The Jerusalem Post
• Apr. 1: Twin Essays Dispel Worst Lies about Pollard: J4JPnews
• July 31: 24 Years Later, AIPAC & American Jewish Leaders Still Don't Get It! Justice4JPnews'
• Oct. 30: An Israel Espionage Drama, Sans Israel: J.J. Goldberg

2008

• Jan. 2: A Warm Welcome for Bush: New Pollard Ad Campaign
• Mar. 14: Israel celebrates 60 years of "sovereignty" while her agent who saved Israel rots in prison for 23 years?!
  Background information about the Pollard case - Makor Rishon
• Apr. 22: Video: Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem Salutes Pollard Struggle: INN TV
• Apr. 24: Column One: Hardball with Washington: Caroline Glick
• May 5: Special Feature & Pollard Interview: Behind the Scenes: The Plight of Jonathan Pollard: Hamodia
• Dec. 21: Worldnetdaily Exclusive News Analysis: Did U.S. give WMD to Saddam Hussein? Richard Cummings

2007

• Jan. 26: Did You Know? (An Updated Quick Summary of the Facts) Esther Pollard - Makor Rishon
• Apr. 25: Text: Esther Pollard's Speech at Mevo Choron As Jonathan Pollard Honored Among Israel's Captives: Justice4JPnews
• Apr. 29: Perfidy: Israel's Role in the Pollard Case: Esther Pollard's Speech at Midreshet Moriah
• May 8: Spy Games: America's efforts to spy on Israelf: Gregory Levey
• May 21: Refuting US Ambassador's Brazen Lies About Jonathan Pollard: Justice4JPNews
• May 30: Editorial: Ambassador Jones' Twisted Moral Calculus: Hamodia News
• July 2: Video: FrontLineIsrael TV interview of Esther Pollard: Justice4JP News
• July 18: Statement of Jonathan Pollard: The measure of a friend: Jonathan Pollard
• Aug. 7: Exposé in Honor of Jonathan Pollard's 53rd Birthday: The Lindenstrauss Materials, Parts I and II
• Nov. 11: Leonard Garment: If Israel stopped its implausible denial of Pollard he'd be free:
  Excerpt from "Our Man in America" exclusive interview with Jonathan Pollard: Yediot Achronot Weekend Magazine

2006

• Feb. 15: PM Barak & MK Ze'evi Letters: No Bank Account for Pollard: Justice4JP Release
• Feb. 15: Hebrew Original Docs: PM Barak & MK Ze'evi Letters: No Bank Account for Pollard (March 2000)
• May 18: Israeli ties impair US security clearance: Nathan Guttman
• June 27: Defense Dept. Imposes Loyalty Test on American Jews: The Washington Times
• Sept. 6: Jonathan and the Judge: A Final Chapter in the Pollard Case? Text of Esther Pollard's Speech
• Sept. 7: Updated Review of Important Facts of the Pollard Case: Esther Pollard
• Nov. 22: Bashing Pollard does not Comport with the Facts (Marking the 21st anniversary of incarceration): Nissan GanOr
• Nov. 29: Don't Be Fooled By Ronald Olive: Eliot Lauer and Jacques Semmelman - The Jerusalem Post

2005

• Jan. 28: Top Secret American Military Installations In Israel: Arutz7 News
• Feb. 20: Excerpts from "The Missing Peace" by Dennis Ross: Farrar Straus Giroux, N.Y., 2004
• Mar. 24: George Washington, Jonathan Pollard and The Jews: Worldnetdaily Exclusive Commentary
• Apr. 17: An Open Letter to President Bush: Esther Pollard - Worldnetdaily Exclusive Commentary
• Apr. 18: Pollard's Wife Says Release Rumors False: WorldNetDaily
• Apr. 22: Column One: Pollard's Freedom and Our Freedom: Jerusalem Post
• Apr. 22: Spotlight on Jonathan Pollard: Caroline Glick: Makor Rishon Special Feature
• June 5: What Pollard Passed to Israel; was it worth the risk?Source: Wolf Blitzer - Washington Post
• July 29: U.S., Israel Still At Odds Over China Arms Sale, Pentagon Spy: Christian Science Monitor
• Aug. 5: Hamodia: The War on Terrorism and Jonathan Pollard: An Open Letter to President Bush: Avi Klar
• Aug. 15: Pollard Petition Reveals Titles of Docs Provided to Israel: Justice4JP Release
• Nov. 2: Letter by Pollard's Attorneys: 2015 Release Meaningless

2004

• Jan. 16: Justice Sought For Jonathan Pollard
• Feb. 19: Attorneys Caution Filmmaker: Pollard Did Not Cause Death of Agents
• Mar. 21: Jonathan Pollard's 3-Point Agenda and Why He Opposes The New Law: IMRA
• Apr. 30: Crazy Rhythm And All That Jazz: How Pollard Got Left Holding the Bag: J4JP Release
• May 9: Jonathan Pollard: "TAKE ME OUT OF THE BOR!" - Feature Interview: Yediot Achronot
• May 28: PM: "You Need To Know How To Sacrifice The Man For The Greater Goal": LA Times & J4JP - Media Release
• June 4: Malcolm Hoenlein's Dirty Little Secret Revealed: Tenet No Obstacle to Pollard Release
• June 4: Seeking Retraction, Hoenlein Claims Dirty Secret Was Public Knowledge: J4JP Release
• Aug. 2: Justice4JP Responds to IsraelNationalNews Op-Ed: John, George or Judah?
• Aug. 7: Congressman Weiner Calls on Bush to Grant Clemency to Pollard
• Aug. 10: Jonathan Pollard is Not a Traitor: J4JP - INN
• Aug. 16: Yediot Achronot: Defense Ministry Says Pollard Didn't Get Money
• Aug. 20: An Intelligent Choice to Lead The New CIA? Elliot Goldenberg
• Aug. 24: Pollard to MKs: Your Battle For My Release Is In Jerusalem, Not Washington: Justice4JP Release
• Aug. 26: Jonathan Pollard's Letter to A Member of Knesset - A Case Study: J4JP Release
• Sept. 1: CIA Reduces Exchange with Israel: Middle East Newsline
• Sept. 17: New Spy Case: Taiwanese Defend Contact With Top State Official: The Washington Times
• Sept. 20: The Dirty Pot and The Clean Kettle - Who is Spying on Whom?: Si Frumkin
• Sept. 24: Pollard's Lawyers File Brief Challenging Life Sentence - A Must-Read! Joanne Palmer
• Sept. 27: Jonathan Pollard Responds to P.M.'s Declaration: Justice4JP Release
• Nov. 21: Text: Jonathan Pollard's 20th Anniversary Speech: Don't Trade Me for Barghouti
• Dec. 17: U.S. Increases Intel Against Israel: MENL
• Dec. 31: Towards a Mature Israeli-US Partnership: The Jerusalem Post

2003

• Mar. 22: Fatherly Love and Sage Guidance: HaRav Mordecai Eliyahu
• June: The Truth About Jonathan Pollard: John Loftus
• Oct. 28: Document: Second Historic Petition by 112 MKs to Free Pollard
• Nov. 14: A Portrait of American Justice

2002

• Jan. 4: The Dreyfus - Pollard Parallel
• Feb. 24: Document: Historic Knesset Petition to Free Pollard: J4JP Release
• May 15: Executive Summary of the Legal Initiatives
• June 14: Caspar's Ghost - Weinberger memoir omits key involvement: Edwin Black
• Dec. 9: The Spy Who's Locked Into the Cold
• Dec. 10: What No One Wants To Talk About

2001

• Feb. 23: EXPOSÉ: Using Pollard to Get Rich
• Mar. 9: I Spy? Man Who Says He Fingered Pollard Loses In Court: Jewish Press
• May 9: Transcript: Interview of Kielczynski, Israeli Spy for CIA: IMRA
• Apr. 27: An Emblematic Failure: The Jerusalem Post
• Sept. 26: Terror in the U.S. and the Jonathan Pollard Case: A WorldNetDaily Exclusive Feature by Larry Dub, Esq.
• Oct. 5: Legal Doc: Declaration of the Honorable George N. Leighton
• Dec. 3: Pollard Never Caused Deaths

2000

• Jan. 8: Back Door to the PLO: IMRA Special Release
• Jan. 9: Rule 35 Motion to Reduce Sentence: Legal Text
• Jan. 16: Damage to the United States: Legal Text
• Apr. 27: Questions Janet Reno Won't Answer
• June 15: Stunning New Revelations in the Pollard Case (The Eban Doc): Dr. Aaron Lerner
• June 20: Finally, the Truth About the Pollard Affair - The Eban Report: Dr. Aaron Lerner
• June 22: Did the US Violate Its Legal Commitment to Israel? Larry Dub, Esq.
• June 17: The True Motives Behind the Sentencing of Jonathan Pollard: An Interview with Angelo Codevilla
• Aug. 25: Shiraz on the Potomac
• Dec. 8: Pollard Was No Pelton: Angelo Codevilla
• Dec. 9: Former Head of KGB Refutes Weinberger Lies About Pollard: J4JP Release

1999

• Mar. 13: China and Iraq - Political Parallels
• Oct. 10: Caspar Weinberger Lies

1998

• Feb. 5: Was there another U.S. spy tasking Pollard? - Mr. 'X' exposed: Jonathan Pollard
• May 11: Document: Official Recognition as an Agent by the State of Israel
• Aug. 6: Israel's Spy Was Right About Saddam: Angelo Codevilla
• Oct. 25: No Treason in Pollard Case
• Nov. 12: Jonathan Pollard - Accused in the Media, Never in Court
• Dec. 13: Countering CBS News Disinformation on Pollard

1997

• May 22: Ma'ariv Special Feature: A Conversation with Jonathan Pollard: Ben Caspit
• June 13: MEQ: Why Jonathan Pollard Got Life - The Victim Impact Statement: David Zwiebel
• Aug. 14: Who's Afraid of Jonathan Pollard? OpEd by Jonathan Pollard
• Dec. 19: The Big Lie Still Tainting Jonathan Pollard

1987-1996

• March 10, 1987: FOIA DOC: Conference of Presidents Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Betraying Pollard: J4JP Release
• Oct., 1988: Shredded Secrets (Excerpt): Edward Jay Epstein
• Dec. 14, 1991: Professional Liars Have a Field Day: William Stevenson - The Toronto Sun
• Oct. 23, 1992: One Man's Agony After The Fact: Bruce Brill
• Apr. 9, 1993: Refuting "Myths and Facts" of the Pollard Case
• Sept. 16, 1993: The European Parliament Resolution on Jonathan Pollard – PDF – JPEG
• Aug. 4, 1994: Attorney to President's Counsel: Facts Show President Failed to Do Justice
• Apr. 1, 1994: No Comparison Between Pollard and Ames Cases
• Nov. 25, 1994: CIA Aims at Pollard for Scapegoating
• Oct. 26, 1996: A Most Damaging Piece on Pollard