[rcocean]

"My understanding is that he stole data about Arab countries which the US was supposed to share with Israel under an agreement but wasn't"

What is your source for this?

In any case, Pollard had no way of knowing what top secret info sharing agreements were made between the NSA/CIA and Israel. He spied because he was:

(1) Paid
(2) considered himself an Israeli & not an American. Which is OK, except you're *not* supposed to keep your change of citizenship a secret and steal US governments secrets.

[adam_az]

Oh sheesh. You're ignorant.

"He spied because he was:

(1) Paid"

Actually - he spied BEFORE he was paid. He was a "walk in."

"(2) considered himself an Israeli & not an American."

Sheer speculation.

"Which is OK, except you're *not* supposed to keep your change of citizenship a secret and steal US governments secrets."

His change of citizenship was NOT secret, it happened AFTER he was arrested.

You're holding yourself up to be authoritative on this subject? You don't even know the most basic facts.