U.S. Preparing to Release Convicted Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard, Officials Say

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 24th, 2015 | Devlin Barret

[Brad from Tennessee]

FROM WIKIPEDIA:

Intelligence officials contend that at least some of the information purchased from Pollard ended up in the Soviet Union.[9] His motives, they argue, were monetary, not idealistic or patriotic.[9] He stole classified documents related to China that his wife used to advance her personal business interests.[11] He admitted shopping his services to countries other than Israel.[12] There is evidence that he sold classified information to South Africa, and attempted to do so with Pakistan.[12] He also attempted to broker arms deals with South Africa, Argentina, Taiwan, Pakistan, and Iran.[9]

. . . in June 1984 Pollard started passing classified information to Sella. He was paid $10,000 cash and given a very expensive diamond and sapphire ring, which Pollard later offered to his girlfriend Anne when proposing to her. Pollard was paid well by the Israelis: he received a salary that eventually reached twenty-five hundred dollars a month, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash disbursements for hotels, meals, and jewelry. In his pre-sentencing statement to Judge Robinson, Pollard said the money was a benefit that was forced on him. “I did accept money for my services,” he acknowledged, but only “as a reflection of how well I was doing my job.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard

[kearnyirish2]

Snowden didn’t do the same thing; he exposed our government’s war on its own citizens.