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By David Singer, published 13/9/2019Comey's 'sneaky things and weasel moves' are shaping up to be the greatest US political scandal since Watergate.
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Posted by david singer, Monday, 16 September 2019 9:22:40 AM
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Jonathan Pollard STOLE US TOP SECRETS for ISRAEL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard advises: Pollard was a former intelligence analyst for the US government. In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, Pollard pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act. Pollard is the only American who has received a life sentence for passing classified information to an [alleged] ally of the US. In defense of his actions, Pollard declared that he committed espionage only because "the American intelligence establishment collectively endangered Israel's security by withholding crucial information" Israeli officials, US-Israeli activist groups, and some U.S. politicians who saw his punishment as unfair lobbied continually for reduction or commutation of his sentence. The Israeli government acknowledged a portion of its role in Pollard's espionage in 1987 and issued a formal apology to the US but did not admit to paying Pollard until 1998. Over the course of his imprisonment, Israel made repeated unsuccessful attempts through both official and unofficial channels to secure his release. He was granted Israeli citizenship in 1995. Opposing any form of clemency were many active and retired U.S. officials, including Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, former CIA director George Tenet; several former US Secretaries of Defense; a bi-partisan group of US congressional leaders; and members of the US intelligence community. They maintained that the damage to US national security due to Pollard's espionage was far more severe, wide-ranging, and enduring than publicly acknowledged. ...Pollard revealed aspects of the US intelligence gathering process, its "sources and methods". He sold numerous closely guarded state secrets, including the NSA's ten-volume manual on how the U.S. gathers its signal intelligence, and disclosed the names of thousands of people who had cooperated with US intelligence agencies. While Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Pollard worked exclusively for Israel, Pollard admitted shopping his services—successfully, in some cases—to other countries. Pollard was released on November 20, 2015, in accordance with federal guidelines in place at the time of his sentencing." Posted by plantagenet, Monday, 16 September 2019 2:09:57 PM
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anyone with the guts to stand up to the political elite/swamp is going to cop it from all sides. That's what the deplorables love so much about Trump. Does not always get it right but is miles above the others and the lying liberal media when putting America first. If only Australia could follow suite.
Posted by runner, Monday, 16 September 2019 3:56:55 PM
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#plantaganet
You can add to your CV: Employ smear and innuendo and guilt by association in addition to acting as complainant, judge, prosecutor and jury. Have policy to never apologize when outed. Expert in misinformation and deception. Those "three former senior U.S. officials ... several of whom served in top intelligence and national security posts" would employ you immediately. No one else will. Posted by david singer, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 1:40:17 PM
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Singer. You're a lawyer. So what's wrong with the legal sentencing of Jonathan Pollard
who STOLE US TOP SECRETS for ISRAEL? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard advises: Pollard was a former intelligence analyst for the US government. In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, Pollard pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act. Pollard is the only American who has received a life sentence for passing classified information to an [alleged] ally of the US. In defense of his actions, Pollard declared that he committed espionage only because "the American intelligence establishment collectively endangered Israel's security by withholding crucial information" Israeli officials, US-Israeli activist groups, and some U.S. politicians who saw his punishment as unfair lobbied continually for reduction or commutation of his sentence. The Israeli government acknowledged a portion of its role in Pollard's espionage in 1987 and issued a formal apology to the US but did not admit to paying Pollard until 1998. Over the course of his imprisonment, Israel made repeated unsuccessful attempts through both official and unofficial channels to secure his release. He was granted Israeli citizenship in 1995. Opposing any form of clemency were many active and retired U.S. officials, including Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, former CIA director George Tenet; several former US Secretaries of Defense; a bi-partisan group of US congressional leaders; and members of the US intelligence community. They maintained that the damage to US national security due to Pollard's espionage was far more severe, wide-ranging, and enduring than publicly acknowledged. ...Pollard revealed aspects of the US intelligence gathering process, its "sources and methods". He sold numerous closely guarded state secrets, including the NSA's ten-volume manual on how the U.S. gathers its signal intelligence, and disclosed the names of thousands of people who had cooperated with US intelligence agencies. While Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Pollard worked exclusively for Israel, Pollard admitted shopping his services—successfully, in some cases—to other countries. Pollard was released on November 20, 2015, in accordance with federal guidelines in place at the time of his sentencing." Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 5:51:21 PM
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#plantaganet
I am happy to expand your CV to read: "Employ smear and innuendo and guilt by association in addition to acting as complainant, judge, prosecutor and jury. Have policy to never apologize when outed. Expert in misinformation and deception. Specialist in raising one current issue - then running away from it when challenged - by raising another issue that happened 30 years ago." Don't know what you do for a living - but if you want a reference any time - don't ask me to provide one Posted by david singer, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 6:41:15 PM
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With the greatest respect your pathetic response in trying to defend your defamation of Israel is indefensible. You have stooped to propagating unsubstantiated lies and fabrications purveyed by people such as #AlanB.
Even worse, you have chosen to do so by raising a matter that has nothing to do with any issue set out in my article.
Your challenge - "Wriggle your way out of the following hostile Israeli act against the US David." - sees you acting as complainant, judge, prosecutor and jury. That is totally unacceptable.
I thought you possessed some degree of reasonableness and deduction - but you are in league with all those others who troll my articles and use them as an opportunity to continue to denigrate Israel without the facts to substantiate their allegations.
I am more than happy to reply to challenges to the contents of my articles - but have made it clear in the past that I find it offensive when people raise issues that have nothing to do with my articles. I rarely respond - but this is certainly one case where I feel obliged to do so.
Shame on you.
An apology would be in order - but I doubt you are man enough to do that.