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in the Pollard affair contin-
ues.
For many, the severity of
Jonathan Pollard's punish-
ment is puzzling. For many,
the question remains, does
the punishment fit the crime?
To suggest it does, one has
to rely largely on former De-
fense Secretary Caspar Wein-
berger's credibility. One has
to believe that he provided
Judge Aubrey Robinson, pri-
or to sentencing, a complete
and accurate assessment of
the damage done to U.S. se-
curity interests by Pollard's
spying activities, which in
turn warranted the maximum
punishment under the law.
Reliance on Mr. Weinberg-
er's credibility here is neces-
sary since the information he
provided the judge is not open
to public scrutiny, as it is clas-
sified "secret."
To a fair-minded person
questions arise. What if Mr.
Weinberger's assessment is
wrong? What if he presented
the judge a slanted and mis-
leading version of the damage
done? Would justice, then,
have been served?
One may only speculate:
Would a fair-minded judge,
unencumbered by Mr. Wein-
berger's sub rosa evaluation,
have imposed a maximum
sentence, where a lesser one
might have been appropriate,
given Pollard's cooperation
with the government prior to
sentencing?
Does the punishment fit
the crime? Much, perhaps too
much, depends upon Mr.
Weinberger's credibility — a
credibility that has recently
come under question on an-
other matter, Iran-Contra,
where he is under indictment
on a number of criminal
charges, one being lying to
Congress under oath.
Because the appeal process
has been exhausted, Jona-
than Pollard's last hope to
leave prison alive depends on
a presidential commutation
of his life sentence. Hopeful-
ly, the president will agree
that Pollard has suffered
enough and commute his sen-
tence to that of time served,
which is considerable.

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How ironic that the Jewish
community should be accused
of being "deaf, dumb and
blind" and lacking interest in
Borman Hall, thereby being
part of the fault for the
Home's problems ("Code
Blue," Nov. 27).
The fault lies with the com-
munity's representatives, the
Federation and _Borman's
board of directors.
Why have the Federation
and Borman board allowed
conditions to deteriorate?
Why have the community's
overseers been silent about
the openly blatant lack of
management and misman-
agement?
Whatever else may be said
of employees at Borman (o
elsewhere), it is not realisti
to expect high efficiency o
personal caring from no
highly-paid personnel unless
there is understanding an
helpful supervision. Instead
there has been a proliferation
of assistant/associate execu-
tives, gobbling up funds bet-
ter used for residen
betterment, but still no mean-
ingful supervision.
Mismanagement and the
absence of supervision are the
root causes of the current dis-
aster — not community lack
of interest. The communit
does not know what its agen
do not convey to it. The com-
munity now knows and cares,.
because its leaders have giv- I
en it a black eye, a shandy i
the Jewish tradition.
And the residents of Bor
man have paid for it dearly
with poor care, bad food, etc..
but most of all in having their
dignity taken from them.

Vivian and Al Best

Southfiel

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were disappointed, however,
that the headline gave cred-
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Moses for hosting the two so-
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sue of The Jewish News about
the two social events planned
by the Youth Department of
Congregation Beth Achim
showed much planning on the
youth staffs part.
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