Blitzer, Wolf. Territory of Lies: The Rise, Fall, and Betrayal of Jonathan Jay Pollard. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1990. 342 pages.

Israel has long enjoyed a special relationship with the United States, which derives mainly from a well-organized Jewish community in America. The two country's intelligence services are also close. Beginning in 1951, James Angleton made many visits to Israel, and was the CIA's principal liaison with Mossad for the rest of his career. There's a plaque outside of Jerusalem with his name on it in English and Hebrew, commemorating the "Memory of a Good Friend." William Casey picked up where Angleton left off.

When the arrest of Jonathan Pollard hit the headlines in November, 1985, it threw a wrench in the "special relationship." Pollard was an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy who had been giving thousands of pages of classified documents to his handlers from Israeli intelligence, Aviem Sella and Sella's boss Rafi Eitan. Defense secretary Caspar Weinberger told the Israeli ambassador that "Pollard should have been shot," but then contented himself with a 46-page memorandum to the judge that spelled out the damage to national security. This got Pollard a life sentence. Next, Israel tactlessly promoted Aviem Sella, whereupon angry U.S. authorities responded by indicting him. American Jews were starting to wonder if they should pick sides. As for Pollard himself, he was motivated by his love of Israel, but also enjoyed spending the money Israel paid him for his spying.
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