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The article focuses on the espionage operations of Israel against the U.S. After Jonathan Pollard was sentenced into a life imprisonment, the U.S. together with Israeli government have agreed that neither nation would conduct espionage operations without consent. However, the Israeli government did not honor its commitment after the Pollard incident and continues to conduct such activities particularly on those classified information which being condemned heavily by the U.S. authorities.

Looks at the latest scandal to hit the desk of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. How routine eavesdropping on an Israeli Embassy official and a pro-Israel lobbyist turned up an alleged spy; Larry Franklin, a desk officer with the Near East and South Asia office at the Pentagon, who is suspected of passing classified information to Israel; Evidence that has been gathered; Motive for the spying which appears to be hatred of Iran; Denials by the Israelis that they conduct any spying on U.S. soil.

The article discusses the efforts to release convicted spy Jonathan Jay Pollard. The request of Israeli leaders and Pollard himself for commutation of his life sentence is discussed, noting that he was convicted in 1985 for selling classified U.S. documents to Israel. Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director James Woolsey has mentioned that he would support Pollard's release on the conditions that Pollard show remorse and renounce any financial profits he has made from his case.