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spends a good deal of time
writing to others. I was
astonished at how well in-
formed he is."
Mr. Pollard is studying
about desalination and
alternative energy, a field he
would like to pursue were he
allowed to emigrate to
Israel, Mr. Rosenzweig said.
Informed of the visit in ad-
vance, Mr. Pollard came to
the meeting with a prepared
agenda. "It was a normal
conversation in very weird
circumstances," Mr.
Rosenzweig said. "He was,
in an odd sense, relatively
relaxed. You don't have the
impression of a guy beaten
down in any sense. He's not
wallowing in self-pity.
"He regards the facility as
being run as a punishment
regime," Mr. Rosenzweig
said. A sewer line runs out-
side Mr. Pollard's cell. Occa-
sionally the effluent backs
up into the cell. In addition,
"It's abysmally hot and
humid in the summer. Cuts
don't heal. But he said
there's air conditioning two
floors above."
Waiting at the airport to
return to Atlanta, Mr.
Rosenzweig found himself
thinking of similarities bet-
ween Mr. Pollard and Natan
Sharansky, the refusenik
who emerged from a Soviet
prison seemingly unbent.
Considered a larger-than-life
figure, Mr. Sharansky turn-
ed out to be an average man
in many ways.
"After I met Jay, I
thought, this guy is smarter
than most people I know,
more committed than most
people I know, but he's not
so different from most people
I know.
"On some level, he has no
reason to think that he'll
ever get out. But he acts as if
he will. He has plans. He has
dreams." D
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