Central Intelligence Agency Washington D C 20505 28 August 2006 Mr Thomas S Blanton The George Washington University Gelman Library Suite 701 2130 H Street NW Washington DC 20037 Reference E0-2006·00597 Archive #20061164CIA154 Dear Mr Blanton This is a final response to your facs lmile of 19 July 2006 requesting an Executive Order 12958 mandatory declassification review of The 30 October 1987 CIA Study entitled 'The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case A Damage Assessment ' We have completed our review of the document responsive to your request and have determined that it may be released in sanitized form We have deleted information that must remain classified on the basis of Sections 1 4 c d and 6 2 c Enclosed is a copy of the document showing our redactions and citing the exemptions Blank pages are not included for Pages 18·165 that are denied in their entirety You may appeal this decision by addressing your appeal to the Agency Release Panel within 45 days from the date of this letter in my care Should you choose to do this please explain the basis of your appeal Sincerely 1 o· ------Scott Koch Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosure 2006 164CIA154 RECN0 33914 CIA SEQCOR 125108 FOISG Blanton Thomas 9 l 2006 CIA Study The Jonathan Jay PoUard Espionage FOR REQUESTER MORI DociD 1353329 r I I EO 12958 1 4 c 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 d 25Yrs EO 12958 6 2 c APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE AUG 2006 ' MORI DociD 1353329 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Washington D C 20505 30 October 1987 THE JONATHAN JAY POLLARD ESPIONAGE CASE A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT I I Study Director WARNIN OTICE INTELLIGE E METHODS INV I AND 7 MORI DociD 1353329 L r__T_ _P_s_sg_ _w_x_l ---------- 7 Preface This study undertaken byl j ---- -- ------------ at the direction of the Director of Central Intelligence I -- ---------------- as a result of Jonathan Pollard's espionage on behalf of Israel The Study Director gratefully acknowledges the valuable assistance of contributors from throughout the Intelligence Community to the project I 7 MORI DociD 1353329 The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionaqe Case A Damaqe Assessment Executive Summary 1 Jonathan Pollard's Be pleaded quilty to conspiracy to commit espionage ----------------_J on 5 June 1986 and-was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4·March 1987 Followinq his quilty plea which arose from a plea barqain Pollard tended to confirm that his cooperation with US authorities was bona fide Personal History and Espionage Career 2 Although Pollard was regarded by his former college professors and colleagues in naval intelliqence as a capable--if eccentric--scholar and intelligence analyst his personal and employment history is replete with incidents of irresponsible behavior that point to ·significant emotional instability I For 7 MORI DociD 1353329 example although Pollard earned a 3 5 grade point average as a Stanford undergraduate from 1972-76 former student acquaintances told investigators that he bragged about his role as a Mossad agent and on one occasion waved a pistol in the air and screamed that everyone was out to get him Pollard's fantasies regarding continued during his employment with US naval intelligence 3 Another factor in Pollard's background was his persistent and growing determination to assist Israel either by emigrating to that country or by other means which eventually meant espionage In his first Memorandum in Aid of Sentencing following his arrest and guilty plea Pollard claimed that he had begun dreaming about future emigration to Israel at age 12 when that country won a dramatic victory in the six-day war of June 1967 According to Pollard another influence was his attendance in the summer of 1971 at a three-month science camp in Israel which featured strong encouragement to emigrate During the pre-espionage period of Pollard's employment with naval intelligence he claimed he developed a strong perception of anti-Israeli attitudes among his colleagues and of inadequate US intelligence support for Israel 4 Despite his emotional and behavioral difficulties Pollard managed to gain the respect of most of his superiors as evidenced by his achievement of promotions from GS-07 to GS-12 over a sixyear period Pollard's success rested upon an academic background that included graduate study at the Fletcher School of Law and I I ' MORI DociD 1353329 Diplomacy Tufte University upon hie considerable skills as an analyst and upon deficiencies in administrative procedures and record-keeping--since 5 rectified- · According to Pollard' ' ___ _ _ _ _ _ - -------------- he eagerly seized an opportunity to volunteer his services to Israeli intelligence in late June 1984 At that time Pollard met his initial Israeli handler Col Aviem Sella--a noted fighter pilot on study leave in the United States-through a pro-Israeli activist who was an old friend of the Pollard family Pollard passed classified material to Sella concerning military developments in several Arab countries during at least three meetings June-August 1984 j 6 f ' MORI DociD 1353329 I _ _ -- --····· 7 Pollard shifted hie espionage into high gear Beginning in - Pollard's montqly salary was raised to $2 500 in February 1985 in appreciation for hie productivity and he By the fall of 1985 Pollard's Navy supervisor had become 8 seemedr ------------------ suspicious of his activities because Pollard I _ ' - - - - · ______ I ' MORI An investigation 1353329 nsued arrested on 21 November after an unsuccessful effort to qain asylum at the Israeli Embassy I -------------- 9 During post-arrest debriefings Pollard said that if his espionage had remained undetected he would have been inclined to seek a job with the State Department's Bureau of Intelliqence and Research because major intelligence products were readily available there He also indicated he could have assumed a·less risky role as an agent of influence at State Israeli Espionage Motives and Classified Materials Received - 7 MORI DociD 1353329 11 According to Pollard the Israelis submitted the following collection requirements in descending order of priority to Pollard 12 We believe that Pollard I r--------- _ 7 MORE DGGIQ 1353329 800 Iszgeli Iatelligance Gains 13 MORI DociD l353329 14 In our view Pollard's stolen material Losses and vulnerabilities j· ---- ---------------- 15 The unauthorized disclosure to the Israelis of such a large and varied body of classified material poses risks of several kinds to US intelligence sources and methods analytical capabilities and intelLigence exchanges and foreign-policy inte ests including the possibility of extended compromise of some of Pollard's material to third countries --Sources and Methods r 7 MORI EGCIB 1353329 5 30 7 Analvtical Capabilities and Intelligence Egchanqea TOP ' MORI DociD 1353329 I __ -- ------- --Foreign Policy Interests _ --Extended Compromise of Pollard's material to third countries J ---------------------------------------- TOP I Sl l8RE 7 MORI 130 31sz 1353329 w ' MORI DociD 1353329 7 - -------- -1 ________ 11 16 Pollard's espionage has ptit at risk 17 I 7 MORE DOCID 1353329 19 MORI 130613 1353329 TOP