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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".

Israelis are not stupid. It never made sense why they would be loud and public about Pollard unless they honestly believed he (and they by inference) was railroaded. They would certainly know.

If he, and they, were as guilty as purported they would want to sweep the issue to obscurity. But they always bring it up.

With this article, and Weinberger's quote, I believe that I now understand. I believe the posted article.

Pollard broke the law, no question. But he didn't deserve a life sentence.

But never mind about Pollard. If he is a victim, he is one of many, including those murdered on 9/11. The real harm to the US remains. The too cozy relationship with our mortal enemies, the Saudis.