Ep45 Notorious American-Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard Pt 1

There are so many twists and turns to this 2-hour interview with the Notorious American Spy for Israel, Joanthan Pollard, that we broke it into 2 episodes. Jonathan Pollard is one of the most infamous spies in US History, and after 30 years in prison, Dr. Bob sits down with him to hear the whole story.

Jonathan Pollard was an American civilian defense analyst who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for having sold classified information to Israel. His arrest caused acute embarrassment to Israel, whose officials were caught spying on a key ally. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres apologized for Pollard’s activities and dissolved the scientific intelligence agency that had worked with him.

In 1984 he was assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Anti-Terrorist Alert Center. With access to all government documents that could help with his job, he contacted officials at the Israeli embassy who were connected to that country’s Bureau of Scientific Relations and began to supply them with boxes and suitcases full of information from the Departments of State, Defense, and Justice, the CIA, and the National Security Agency.

Numerous pro-Israel groups continued to call for Pollard’s release from prison, as did Israeli officials and government leaders. In 2015 he was granted parole, and on November 20 he was let out of prison. We interview Jonathan from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel.