DATE=1/11/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244032
TITLE=POLLARD SPY CASE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=MARTIN BUSH
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE "NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE REPORTS THAT AN AMERICAN 
CONVICTED OF SPYING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ISRAEL INFLICTED 
MAJOR DAMAGE ON U-S INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.   VOA'S MARTIN BUSH 
REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

TEXT:  JONATHAN POLLARD, A ONETIME U-S NAVY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST,
HAS BEEN SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE SINCE 1986 FOR PASSING SECRETS 
TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.  AUTHOR SEYMOUR HERSH IN A "NEW 
YORKER" MAGAZINE ARTICLE SAYS -- AMONG OTHER THINGS --  THAT 
POLLARD GAVE THE ISRAELIS A TOP SECRET SURVEILLANCE MANUAL, 
DETAILING WORLDWIDE AMERICAN EAVESDROPPING TECHNIQUES. 

QUOTING WHAT HE CALLS SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE U-S INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY, HERSH ALSO WRITES THAT POLLARD DISCLOSED TO ISRAEL THE
IDENTIFICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES ... 
AND THAT MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION ENDED UP IN THE SOVIET UNION.  
SPEAKING ON AMERICAN TELEVISION, MR. HERSH SAID THAT INCLUDED 
DATA ABOUT THE LOCATION OF SOVIET SUBMARINES.

                         ///HERSH ACT///

         THERE'S A DAILY REPORT THE NAVY GOT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
         EVERY MORNING TELLING WHERE THE SUBMARINES ARE.  THE 
         IDEA IS IN CASE OF WAR, WE HIT THEM.  WE DON'T WANT THE 
         RUSSIANS SUBMARINES FIRING AT OUR BASES IN EUROPE AND 
         AMERICA.  AND POLLARD SIMPLY GAVE AWAY THAT REPORT EVERY
         DAY, NOT JUST FOR A DAY BUT FOR A YEAR.

                          ///END ACT///

AT THE REQUEST OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, 
PRESIDENT CLINTON IS NOW CONSIDERING CLEMENCY FOR POLLARD.  
JOURNALIST SEYMOUR HERSH SAYS U-S INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS GAVE HIM
THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESSURE 
THE PRESIDENT FROM PARDONING POLLARD.  

THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS HAS ASKED PRESIDENT CLINTON TO DELAY 
HIS DECISION UNTIL THREE PROMINENT JEWISH AMERICANS CAN STATE THE
CASE FOR POLLARD.  THEY INCLUDE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR 
ALAN DERSHOWITZ, WHO IS A POLLARD FAMILY ADVISOR.  

                      ///DERSHOWITZ ACT///

         ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO HEAR BOTH 
         SIDES OF THE ISSUE, NOT SELECTED LEAKS FROM PEOPLE WHO 
         HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO TRY TO OVERSTATE THE DAMAGE.

                         ///END ACT/// 

ALAN DERSHOWITZ SAYS THE MATERIAL JONATHAN POLLARD PASSED ON TO 
ISRAEL NEVER REACHED THE SOVIET UNION.  (SIGNED)

NEB/NY/MAB/LSF 

11-Jan-99 2:09 PM EST (1909 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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