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Jonathan Jay Pollard, a
former U.S. naval intelli-
gence analyst arrested last
Nov. 21 and later convicted of
spying for Israel, was effec-
tively "set up" by Rafael
Eitan, the veteran Israeli
spymaster who served as Pol-
lard's overall handler.
According to information
provided by sources close to
Pollard and subsequently
confirmed by authoritative
U.S. and Israeli officials in-
volved in the case, Eitan in-
sisted that Pollard accept
money in exchange for sensi-
tive American information.
"The money was Eitan's idea,
not Pollard's," one source
said.
While the Israeli official
story has it that Eitan was
running an unauthorized
"rogue" spy operation, few
American officials believe
that to be true. Pollard had
no reason to suspect that his
involvement was un-
authorized by the highest
echelon of Israeli government
since he dealt with several
very senior officials.
Pollard ; now 32 years old,
has been an ardent Zionist
since high school. During his
undergraduate days at Stan-
ford University in California
and his graduate studies at
the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tufts Uni-
versity outside Boston, he
often contemplated aliyah.
He had originally volun-
teered to provide Israel with
some limited information
which he considered to be
vital to its national security.
This was not all that unusual
since Israel, over the years,
had often received such in-
formal. help from U.S. offi-
cials.
But the actual transfer of
money to Pollard clearly
created a different situation.
According to the most re-
cent evidence and in contrast
to the many earlier press ac-
counts, Pollard initially acted
not in order to make money
but only in order to help Is-
rael. He had a naive and
somewhat romantic image of
Israel and the Zionist ideal
8 not all that uncommon
for a young and intelligent
Jew growing up in an iso-
lated, largely non-Jewish
community in the Midwest.
He wanted to be part of the
struggle to maintain Israel's
survival.
According to the sources,
Pollard was initially very re-
luctant to accept any pay-
ment from Israel. His motiva-
tion was purely ideological,
not financial.
But Eitan instructed Pol-
lard's first Israeli contact, Air
Force Colonel Aviem Sella,
then on leave in New York
for graduate studies, to insist
that Pollard be paid for his
services. After repeated prod-
ding, Pollard started to ac-
cept the money.
The sources said that Eitan
had wanted to "entrap" the
young American Jew whose
information about Arab mili-
tary capabilities proved to be
very valuable. By forcing Pol-
lapd to accept the money,
Eitan would be in a better
position to demand that Pol-
lard maintain his espionage
link with Israel.
In addition, the sources
said, the money enabled
Eitan to obtain certain
classified U.S. documents, ac-
cording to Israeli needs.
"The element of money was
key," a well-informed source
said. "Eitan insisted that Pol-
lard be put on the payroll as
a way of guaranteeing his
continued cooperation. It
would further tie him to Is-
rael and make it very dif-
ficult, if not impossible, for
him to walk away."
Pollard's payment started
at $1,500 a month but
evenually increased to
$2,500. He was also reim-
bursed $10,000 for his first-
class travel expenses for a
November 1984 trip to Paris
where he met with Eitan for
the first time.
Sella, by then back on
active duty in Israel after
having established a close
personal friendship with Pol-
lard, had also flown to Paris
for the meeting. Pollard
clearly had come to deeply
like and trust Sella.
Eitan, an experienced
handler of spies all over the
world, wanted the air force
officer to be present in Paris
in order to psychologically
reassure Pollard about the
entire operation. "It would
make Pollard feel more com-
fortable to have Sella there,"
an informed source said.
"Eitan dealt with Pollard just
like he did with other spies."
Before leaving the U.S.,
Sella had introduced Pollard
to Yosef Yagur, an Israeli
Embassy science counselor
who also served as Eitan's
chief representative in
America. Sella informed Pol-
lard that Yagur would be-
come his main contact. Thus,
Yagur also flew to Paris for
the meetings.
Pollard was joined on the
trip by his wife-to-be, Anne
Henderson-Pollard. The wives
of Eitan, Yagur and Sella
were also in Paris for the
week-long meetings.
Everyone stayed at one of the
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