I will provide some background information on Jonathan Pollard and why he was able to spy for Israel. I will go in-depth on the spying indicators, how they were ignored, what materials were actually compromised, the Israeli agents that handled Jonathan Pollard, and how the investigation was conducted. In the end you will be provided with some analysis on the impact Jonathan Pollard had on the US national defense, how he was successful, and what could have been done to prevent him from spying.
Jonathan Pollard was born August 7, 1954 in Galveston, Texas. In 1961 Pollard and his family moved to Indiana where his father went on to teach at Notre Dame University. Once Pollard graduated high school, he attended Stanford University. He graduated from Stanford University in 1976 with a degree in Political Science. Pollard then spent two years attending the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. He never received a degree at Tufts University.
In 1979, Pollard applied for a job with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was denied the job because he admitted to excessive drug use during a polygraph. Later that year Pollard applied for a position with US Navy Intelligence. He was hired as an Intelligence Research Specialist at the Field Operational Intelligence Office in Suitland, Maryland.
In 1984, Pollard was transferred to the Naval Investigative Service (NIS), Anti Terrorist Alert Center's (ATAC) Threat Analysis Division. Pollard's new responsibilities would include research and analysis on intelligence pertaining to terrorist threats. During Pollard's time with the NIS he made statements about working for the Israel intelligence. No one in the office believed him becaus...
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Preventing all of this could have been possible if the indicators would have been noticed sooner and reported. There were many chances for Pollard to be caught and stopped. If the FBI would have been involved sooner they could have placed surveillance on him and caught him in the act with some of the suitcases filled with classified information. The FBI, when involved in the case early on, could have conducted financial checks that may have revealed undue affluence.
In the end Jonathan Pollard was arrested and put in jail for life. This goes to show you the importance of reporting of indicators no matter if someone jokes about them or not. It is not your job to decide whether or not someone is spying. Suspicions, a hunch, or blatant indicators are nothing to be brushed off. Remember reporting something is better than reporting nothing.
Sulick, Michael J.. Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War., Georgetown University Press, 2012
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