Today, the IRmep Center for Policy and Law Enforcement released a internal briefing video produced by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency that it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The video, called “Jonathan Pollard: A Portrayal,” was produced to convince American government employees to “report suspicious activities” of their colleagues.
From the video’s YouTube page:
This public domain video was released under the Freedom of Information Act on June 25, 2012 to the IRmep Center for Policy and Law Enforcement. It encourages government employees to report suspicions of espionage. An actress portrays “Susan” who observes Jonathan Pollard’s suspicious activities and tall tales, but fears reporting might lead to investigators “climbing all over” the offices.
The video reveals how the investigation was in fact discreet and highly effective, and urges people debating whether to report to immediately contact their security officer.
Jonathan Pollard has been serving life in prison since 1987 after being caught selling classified documents to Israel. Lately there has an increased effort to persuade President Obama to pardon him.
Kudos to IRmep! Another great example of its use of FOIA. Grant Smith needs to give tutorials to sympathetic organizations on how to use FOIA.
However, despite supporters’ fears that Pollard will die in prison unless Obama grants clemency, the notorious spy’s days behind bars are already numbered, and it won’t be long before he goes free.
In an exclusive interview with AMERICAN FREE PRESS, Ronald J. Olive, author of Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justice, told this reporter: “Pollard is due to get out of jail in three years. Nov. 21, 2015 is his scheduled date to leave prison. He just needs to stay there [until then], because no other spy in the history of our country has stolen so many highly classified secrets [and] in a short period of time—nobody!”
http://americanfreepress.net/?p=4702
so I am guessing that the lobby is trying to twist the US’s arm and show the world just how powerful they are by getting him out a tad earlier
hmmm,,,,the arrogance…
Well, if Obama pardons Pollard it will likely be tomorrow. The media noise surrounding the SCOTUS individual mandate ruling will drown out the news for most of the public who haven’t followed Pollard. Obama will hope to gain support from a smaller subset of pro-Israel fanatics who see Pollard more as an Israeli hero than a United States traitor.
Interesting this video just came out under FOI. Intel people tend to be nearly universal in opposing his release. I suspect there reasons are solid.
Boy, is that one scary vid!!!
Scary b/c if that vid represents the level of sophistication the US intelligence agencies operate at, we are screwed. It looks like it was made by a high school thespian club. I mean the Star Wars opening . . . c’mon.
What was the point? Why was a video required at all after Pollard was busted and sent up for life? I mean, hullllo, these are INTELLIGENCE people, didn’t they hear the news? Like, from Walter Cronkite? Wouldn’t a few staff meetings with follow-up memos be sufficient to make the point?
A FOIA was necessary to get this vid b/c the vid is so embarrassing. It proves that intelligence people are not all that intelligent.
BTW, lest we forget: Peres has come, and gone off with his little medal, and Pollard is still sitting in prison. Kudos to Obama. He was under intense pressure from the Israel-firsters. But it was Biden who famously said: Over my dead body. I’m sure Mossad’s ears pricked up when they heard that.