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Jonathan Pollard

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The Resume

    (August 7, 1954- )
    Born in Galveston, Texas
    US Naval intelligence analyst
    Pleaded guilty to spying for Israel (1986)
    Sentenced to life in prison with a recommendation against parole
    Granted Israeli citizenship (1995)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was turned down by the CIA because his polygraph test indicated he was lying when he denied past drug use.
    He got a job with the Navy because the CIA refused to pass along the info from their screening.
    During his first year with the Navy, superiors twice recommended that his security clearance be revoked only to have the request slip through the cracks.
    He stole over a million classified documents.
    In addition to Israel, he may have passed information to South Africa and Pakistan.
    He violated terms of his plea agreement by describing the classified material he passed to Israel in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.
    Seven former defense secretaries wrote petitions urging that he be kept in prison for life and CIA Director George Tenet threatened to resign when Bill Clinton considered granting him clemency.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the target of anti-Semitic bullying growing up.
    He cooperated with US counterintelligence to reduce his wife's sentence.
    For a decade, Israeli intelligence claimed he worked for a rogue operation until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted he was a sanctioned agent (1998).
    Many in Israel consider him a hero.
    The Jerusalem City Council renamed a square near the prime minister's residence 'Freedom for Jonathan Pollard Square.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 25 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 64.06% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 79 Votes: 70.89% Annoying