I'd suggest you read the espionage statutes and the case law that has arisen from them. I would respectfully suggest that both who recieves the information and the importance of the information itself should be and have been important factors in a damage estimate in such cases.
As for Weinberger's memorandum in the Pollard case, perhaps the time will soon come when it will be declassified so we will be better able to evaluate it in terms of accuracy.
Meanwhile, I do have a suspicion that the late, black Carter-appointed judge did have an anti-Israel bias - considering his skin color (blacks are statistically far more likely to harbor antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes than whites) and the biases of the man who appointed him to the federal bench.
I am sure those factors were taken into consideration by the jury and the judge when Pollard was tried and sentenced. Having just been on a jury involving a murder case, I have confidence in our judicial system.
As for Weinberger's memorandum in the Pollard case, perhaps the time will soon come when it will be declassified so we will be better able to evaluate it in terms of accuracy.
Are you questioning the statement or its factual accuracy?
Meanwhile, I do have a suspicion that the late, black Carter-appointed judge did have an anti-Israel bias - considering his skin color (blacks are statistically far more likely to harbor antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes than whites) and the biases of the man who appointed him to the federal bench.
Baloney. Pollard was a U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who gave highly classified information to a foreign government. In many ways due to the sensitivity of his position, he is similar to Ames, Hanssen, Brian Reagan, etc. who also received life sentences. Pollard's wife only got 5 years. Defending Pollard is defending the indefensible. His sentencing was not the result of anti-semitism or anti-Israel bias. Pollard does not deserve the hero status he currently enjoys in Israel.