Territory of Lies: The American Who Spied on His Country for Israel and How He Was Betrayed
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- Synopsis
- Based on exclusive access to the convicted spy and his family, here for the first time is the complete tragic story of Jonathan Jay Pollard, an American Jew working in Naval Intelligence and spying for Israel. Pollard was caught in 1985 after passing thousands of top-secret documents to Israel out of concern for its security. In his affidavit to the judge who sentenced Pollard to life for espionage, then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger wrote. "It is difficult for me to conceive of a greater harm to national security than that caused by the defendant in view of the breadth, the critical importance to the United States, and the high sensitivity of information he sold to Israel." Drawing on in-depth interviews with Pollard in prison and with members of his family as well as with high-level sources in the US. and Israeli governments, Wolf Blitzer, The Jerusalem Post's Washington Bureau Chief, sought and found answers to many of the troubling questions that continue to make the Pollard affair a matter of concern. Why did Jonathan Pollard spy for the Israelis? Why did he take money from them if his motives were pure? Did he damage U.S. national security? How vital to Israel were the documents he gave them? Why did the Israelis need a spy in Washington? Why did they betray Pollard by handing him over to the FBI and then cooperating with the US. investigation? Did Pollard work alone or are there more Israeli spies in our government? How involved was his wife, Anne, in his spying, and did she deserve a five-year sentence? Did Pollard deserve a life term?
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 325 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780060159726
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Canada, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 06/01/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Wolf Blitzer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Kari G
- Proofread By:
- Darrell Shandrow
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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