[Courier]

Once while discussing Pollard this URL was sent to me. I thought it was a fascinating comment by Weinberger, now many years after the fact. I bookmarked and kept it for just such an occasion. It now fits with the posted article.

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=6310

"Asked in an interview why he omitted the incident, Weinberger casually replied, “Because it was, in a sense, a very minor matter but made very important.” Asked to elaborate, Weinberger repeated, “As I say, the Pollard matter was comparatively minor. It was made far bigger than its actual importance.”"

[Rodney King]

Thanks for the link.

Asked in an interview why he omitted the incident, Weinberger casually replied, ?Because it was, in a sense, a very minor matter but made very important.? Asked to elaborate, Weinberger repeated, ?As I say, the Pollard matter was comparatively minor. It was made far bigger than its actual importance.?

It's hard to tell what he meant by that, and it's too bad that the reporter didnt press him. Further. Weinberger could have meant "A piece of crap spy was arrested and thrown in jail as he should have been, that's not a big deal to me so it's not in my memoirs" as opposed to "It's not important, he didn't do anything that bad".