How is giving Israel info about Arab nations “treason”? Re-read the definition of treason in the Constitution; Pollard’s actions were neither making war against the USA nor adhering to the nation’s enemies, giving them aid and comfort, whatever else they were.
I haven’t forgotten your bellyaching about the USS Liberty when you first came on this forum. That made you no friends here either. Better stop acting like Israel’s our enemy.
Yes, loyal Americans defend American and our soldiers and sailors. You have a problem with that? Are you a treasonous traitor as well?
“How is giving Israel info about Arab nations “treason”?”
I don’t think it works that way. A person can’t decide on his own what national secrets to share with countries around the world, even friendly ones. He knew his actions were illegal.
Any betrayal of trust is just that. I worked in the IPC in Tel Aviv in my first assignment for the Department of State for two years. Pollard is used as an example of treason. Only the State Department has what is called a COMSEC Clearance which is Top Secret. In fact to complete training as an information management specialist (an actual foreign service specialist on par with a foreign service officer or one of America’ vaunted 15,000 authorized diplomatic personnel).
This guy was not just your run of the mil (pun) spy; Pollard was also a commissioned naval officer and seasoned veteran of of the intelligence community. He acted with full knowledge of his actions. Make no mistake this type of behavior can and oftentimes does result in changing history.
Pollard is a practicing Jew thus he was ripe for pickings by Israeli intelligence. He is a case study in why it hard to trust people with dual allegiances.
It is my belief that President Trump intervened perhaps because of Jarrad’s “dual allegiances. Pollard’s release must have come with some concessions from Israel - most likely for actionable intelligence on sitting members of the US Senate, Congress and business that will help break the election fraud case Trump is facing. American Jews in the Senate and Congress serve in large numbers in those bodies. Some of Trump’s major opponents from the DNC are of Jewish descent.
Pollard is important to Israel.