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    1985 was the 'Year of the Spy'. A dozen high profile espionage cases dominated news headlines in the United States as the Cold War entered its final phase.
    One of the spies outted in that year stood out from among his peers. Jonathan 'Jay' Pollard was a Jewish American civilian intelligence analyst stationed at the US Navy's Anti-Terrorist Alert Center (ATAC).
    Over a period of 18 months, Pollard supplied an estimated 30 cubic feet worth of claassifid and top secret material, not to the Soviet Union or another of the USA's enemies, but to one of its closest allies - Israel.
    The revelation of his betrayal sent shockwaves through the inlelligence community and the public at large, and threatened to caused the USA and Israel to teeter on the brink of a diplomatic criss.
    His life sentence following a plea deal only served to fan the flames of controversry, with some regarding Pollard's punishment as a grave miscarriage of justice, while others believe he got exactly what he deserved.
    Primary sources (afiiliate links):
    📕 Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justice, Ronald J. Olive - amzn.to/47Ms53Q
    📕 Miscarriage of Justice: The Jonathan Pollard Story, Mark Shaw - amzn.to/4b6pQLu
    📕 The Hunting Horse: The Truth Behind the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case, Elliot Goldenberg - amzn.to/4b4g3Wm
    Further reading:
    🌐 historyofspies...
    🌐 archive.org/de...
    🌐 amc.sas.upenn....
    🌐 www.jewishvirt...
    🌐 aish.com/48900...
    🌐 www.cbsnews.co...
    🌐 www.archives.g...
    🌐 www.archives.g...
    🌐 cryptome.org/j...
    🌐 www.washington...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 793

  • @beerdrinker6452
    @beerdrinker6452 5 місяців тому +81

    The use of the term double agent in this video is incorrect. Pollard was not an agent and he certainly was not a double agent. Pollard was an analyst and a traitor.

    • @JimmyMatis-h9y
      @JimmyMatis-h9y Місяць тому +1

      asset* not agent ?

    • @marclaclear6628
      @marclaclear6628 Місяць тому +1

      I noticed that too. He would have had to been working on behalf of the USA while Israel thought he was working for them to be double.

    • @Roz-y2d
      @Roz-y2d 20 днів тому +2

      @@marclaclear6628Correct, but I suppose double agent sounds more sinister. It sounds like there was something seriously wrong with him other than being a traitor.

  • @-Siwel-
    @-Siwel- 8 місяців тому +523

    The real voiceovers are so much more listenable than the AI voices! Find myself much more willing to watch videos with authentic voices narrating.
    Beyond that, another fascinating and grabbing story you put together for us, thank you!

    • @WonderDerek
      @WonderDerek 8 місяців тому +56

      I turn the AI voiced videos off immediately. So lazy and sounds too stupid.

    • @starrycrown
      @starrycrown 8 місяців тому +10

      Absolutely! Good comment to make on the human-voiced documentaries. I am going to follow suit.

    • @theresachung703
      @theresachung703 8 місяців тому +10

      Agree. I can’t listen to ai

    • @Trav81888
      @Trav81888 8 місяців тому +22

      Couldn’t agree more. I just feel like people who use Ai don’t care about their loyal followers wishes and demands. We love Philip Thompson docs because Philip Thompson narrates them, not some goofy computer. No disrespect just saying…

    • @davidc3839
      @davidc3839 8 місяців тому +2

      Exactly it is like listening to a robot...hang on it is a robot. AI will take your job soon. Truck drivers will be out of work along with all driving jobs. Waiters etc. You name it and soon AI will be able to replicate it.

  • @azo5000
    @azo5000 8 місяців тому +900

    Pollard has a classic case of "if you don't agree with me you must be antisemitic"

    • @niallcarr9253
      @niallcarr9253 8 місяців тому +79

      The knee-jerk reaction more popular even than the laughable 'human-shield' defence

    • @davidc3839
      @davidc3839 8 місяців тому

      Further to that, If you don't agree with our mass murder of Palestinian civilians then you must be antisemitic.

    • @giovannidibravato5576
      @giovannidibravato5576 7 місяців тому

      Israelis control the American government

    • @shoegazer5451
      @shoegazer5451 7 місяців тому

      they breastfeed them paranoia since a very early age, the old generation passing the trauma to the newer ones, everything and everyone is antisemitic

    • @Brandon-nq7ys
      @Brandon-nq7ys 7 місяців тому +27

      ​@@niallcarr9253Even though there is countless evidence of Hamas cowards hiding behind their human shields?

  • @JPriz416
    @JPriz416 8 місяців тому +284

    How the hell did this guy get a job like this. The navy runs on reckless abandon they had every chance to get rid of him and he gets a promotion. Our intelligence agency are run by a chain of fools.

    • @ButterBallTheOpossum
      @ButterBallTheOpossum 8 місяців тому

      Because he has the required education and those jobs dont pay well and are boring as hell. Also being jewish and accusing anyone who denies you something of being Antisemitic helped too

    • @heijimikata7181
      @heijimikata7181 8 місяців тому

      And “the CIA, citing privacy concerns”….When was the last time the CIA gave a shit about privacy? Probably just lazy.

    • @Strong9731
      @Strong9731 8 місяців тому +18

      They run as designed

    • @LordRhysDestroyer
      @LordRhysDestroyer 7 місяців тому +1

      bruh😓

    • @giovannidibravato5576
      @giovannidibravato5576 7 місяців тому +24

      Well JAmerica loves its diversity

  • @holdinmcgroin8639
    @holdinmcgroin8639 8 місяців тому +604

    Pollard comes across as a spoiled child that never grew up. Astonishing that he got so far in the intelligence business when there were huge red flags going up aroun him all the time.

    • @TinkerTaylor-zv1ml
      @TinkerTaylor-zv1ml 8 місяців тому +49

      Sometimes people are so obviously "wrong" that people tend to think "naaaah, not him, he is too obvious"

    • @이이-n4z8y
      @이이-n4z8y 8 місяців тому +39

      He would fit right in to all govt agencies

    • @CatskillsGrrl
      @CatskillsGrrl 8 місяців тому

      Not astonishing. So many mediocre white men manage to fall up.

    • @naswiipp
      @naswiipp 8 місяців тому +1

      GTBW

    • @dshe8637
      @dshe8637 8 місяців тому +38

      Because of his Israel allegiance, he was given priority

  • @evangelinehoke5512
    @evangelinehoke5512 7 місяців тому +212

    This guy’s story is insane!!!! Got promoted/moved when he should have been fired and blacklisted immediately- several times!!! The corruption and incompetence here is staggering.

    • @jayay5943
      @jayay5943 6 місяців тому

      Its no mistake. He and his type own our government

    • @rayfalciola6163
      @rayfalciola6163 5 місяців тому

      Almost as if his hiring & access to classified information despite repeatedly showing he was a loon then promotions was enabled and greased along from within the USA, perhaps with a little prodding & nudging by "dual" loyalty actors, because you know, Antisemitism (the term "dual loyalty" is used for cover, but you know what it means). And then by golly after years of Israel trying to get his release he retires to Israel as a hero with a Israel-supplied pension because you know, they are our good friends and ally". To believe other wise makes you ... well you know what it makes you. It makes you someone prone to stepping on 3rd rails

    • @armandopinedamd2869
      @armandopinedamd2869 5 місяців тому +2

      Who are God's Chosen?????

    • @zersky495
      @zersky495 4 місяці тому +3

      Gods Chosen can do whatever they want

    • @jamescope4831
      @jamescope4831 4 місяці тому +1

      Sounds much like spy Hansen.

  • @rufus-h4h
    @rufus-h4h 6 місяців тому +260

    The Pollard case, like the USS Liberty Attack is one of the incidents that Washington and the media prefer to sweep under the rug since they involve "our ally, Israel".

    • @zerocool5395
      @zerocool5395 5 місяців тому +27

      It's deeply disturbing the shit you can get away with if you're an ally of the US.

    • @thejuice8325
      @thejuice8325 5 місяців тому +4

      I'm not saying this is right by any means, but given the geopolitical and economic value Israel has brought in the middle east (and especially for the US) it makes sense to work past this like they did. America would have a lot more to lose than gain if they stopped being allies with Israel because of this event. Although let's not forget that relations were very tense between Israel and America for a couple of years. They by no means just "got away with it"

    • @edwardolson8996
      @edwardolson8996 5 місяців тому +1

      @@thejuice8325 For many decades many Americans and Israelis declared that Israel was America's greatest friend and ally, and implying, and sometimes outright stating, that the relationship was equally beneficial. This was preposterous. America could have gotten along very well without Israel, but the reverse wasn't remotely true.
      More recently Israel has become more useful as an ally, but the relationship is still far from equal. The outrage of Israel trying to sink our spy ship, the Liberty, which they came very near achieving, with the loss of many American lives, in the 1967 war, has been covered up, and very few Americans know anything about it. If the truth became widely known among Americans the shock would severely damage the relationship, as well it should.
      Israel will do anything it can get away with, and then some.

    • @kenwaltson7113
      @kenwaltson7113 5 місяців тому +17

      And 911

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому

      ​​@@thejuice8325You mean the geopolitical value that Israel provides in a region of hostility caused primarily by our relationship with it? No flaw in that logic! There is only one ultimate reason we have the relationship that we do with Israel: the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in American politics.

  • @jimkekoa2756
    @jimkekoa2756 3 місяці тому +42

    Both Pollard and his wife should have gone to prison for life without parole. A spy is a spy, no matter the foreign country. No forgiveness in this situation.

    • @Kakekutter
      @Kakekutter 2 місяці тому

      No one should do life without parole for non violent crimes or crimes that did not result in another's death unlike some spies

    • @terryvarta9306
      @terryvarta9306 13 днів тому

      THEY are jewish so its not a crime according to USA

  • @xftjlas8296
    @xftjlas8296 4 місяці тому +166

    With "allies" like these why have enemies.

    • @JimmyMatis-h9y
      @JimmyMatis-h9y Місяць тому

      because our enemies don't run honeypots and thus have dirty dirty super nasty photos of our congressppl, etc
      it stands to reason that Jeffery wasn't the first "Epstein". sexual blackmail is as old as state/spy craft.

  • @2006gtobob
    @2006gtobob 8 місяців тому +138

    Zero red flags here, move along. Zero red flags here, move along....I said MOVE ALONG!

  • @MBHenriksen
    @MBHenriksen 8 місяців тому +102

    A minor correction: Dachau was not a death camp but the oldest concentration camp in Germany. While many died there (41500) it was not the industrial killing operation we know as "death camps"
    These we located in Poland, such as Treblinka, Sobibor and Auschwitz. Of these only Auschwitz also had an "industrial division" (slave labor at factories) .

    • @PhilipThompson
      @PhilipThompson  8 місяців тому +19

      Thank you for clarifying.

    • @StandinOnBuniss
      @StandinOnBuniss 11 днів тому +2

      Most died of starvation at the end of the war because their guards had to run away from the incoming Russians. Therefore they couldn't feed them no more. Imagine wanting to commit genocide, having the people you want to genocide in your hands. But leaving them alive. Compare that to the Rwandan genocide.

    • @maugustyniak
      @maugustyniak 6 днів тому

      Oh look. Another german "clarifying" that the real death camps were in Poland. You mean German-occupied Poland, riiiight?

  • @GaryPritchard
    @GaryPritchard 8 місяців тому +65

    Wow Philip. Of all your previous videos this may be the best one yet. So impressive. Not only do I agree with the comments about using your own voice being the best way to narrate your videos, the level of your research is unbelievable. I am so impressed and cannot wait for your next production. Unbelievably good. Please keep it going. I can’t wait for the next one

  • @tylermathis-kx7pu
    @tylermathis-kx7pu 8 місяців тому +67

    They were dumb as shit for treating him with kid gloves…

  • @JohmScriv
    @JohmScriv 6 місяців тому +80

    Pollard obviously had helpers on the inside covering for him.

    • @thejuice8325
      @thejuice8325 5 місяців тому +11

      Actually, knowing a couple people who worked in that field, it's sadly very believable especially in the 80s

    • @Cjephunneh
      @Cjephunneh 3 місяці тому +2

      Don't need a Genuis to figure this out.

  • @gorillagrip27
    @gorillagrip27 5 місяців тому +18

    He was treated as a hero when he was sent back Israel

  • @Chungus581
    @Chungus581 8 місяців тому +121

    Our greatest ally™️ strikes again

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 6 місяців тому +21

      USS Liberty.

    • @alfabravo80
      @alfabravo80 5 місяців тому

      In a “Times of Israel” article, Pollard said, Jews will always have dual loyalties.

    • @Roz-y2d
      @Roz-y2d 20 днів тому +2

      Of course, even the relationship between the UK and US isn’t as cosy as it’s portrayed. Full trust between nations has never existed.

  • @mikeballard8404
    @mikeballard8404 8 місяців тому +34

    What a joke, my little brother was booted out of the Navy in 1983 for testing positive for marijuana, and this guy is looking at sensitive material.

    • @TheCastedone
      @TheCastedone 7 місяців тому

      Gotta be Jewish for them privileges

    • @LighTsHunTerz
      @LighTsHunTerz 2 місяці тому +6

      The power of being a Jew . Suddenly everyone's scared and cover their eyes on what u do

    • @JimmyMatis-h9y
      @JimmyMatis-h9y Місяць тому +1

      maybe but the average Jewish guy isn't going to be given a free pass on that. he was being covered for at the time for some larger reason.

    • @adrianmartin1308
      @adrianmartin1308 Місяць тому

      ​​@@LighTsHunTerz It's not the fact that he was a jew, it's the fact that he was a zionist and felt more connected to Israel than the US. Him being jewish doesn't really matter in this equation, since there are people of all religions in the army/intelligence but as long as they are loyal to their country they serve in it's not an issue.

    • @DRXNESTRIKE
      @DRXNESTRIKE 20 днів тому

      @@adrianmartin1308yes but being Jewish means manipulating the goyim, it is literally in their scripture. Every yew has a spiritual incentive to support Israel in any way

  • @aurriusthepure7323
    @aurriusthepure7323 4 місяці тому +58

    behold our greatest ally in its natural habitat

    • @miel1074
      @miel1074 3 місяці тому

      And all the other spies in this series? What about the British spies who gave away US secrets….does that mean that all British people are untrustworthy spies!?? Ridiculous!

  • @mrcarr9890
    @mrcarr9890 6 місяців тому +145

    I'm a religious Jew and a USAF vet. I had high security clearances as i was involved with the START 1 treaty implementation team, working on Minuteman 2 ICBM LCFs. If any foreign power, including Israel asked me about sensitive information (which no one ever did), I would honor my oath and tell them NOTHING! I THINK POLLARD IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO AMERICAN JEWS AND NO HERO AT ALL.

    • @bensmith8682
      @bensmith8682 5 місяців тому +44

      Nice signposting, but we know what you are.

    • @dashingeduardosuarez
      @dashingeduardosuarez 5 місяців тому +18

      No sale, Ike.

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому +23

      Thank you for your loyal service. Sorry you have to put up with closed-minded crap like that above.

    • @m3abdi
      @m3abdi 5 місяців тому +19

      Sure buddy 😂

    • @Mongieboy
      @Mongieboy 5 місяців тому +11

      He's a full on traitor. Nothing else.

  • @robertwolff3221
    @robertwolff3221 4 місяці тому +7

    Flown to Israel by fellow Jew Adelson on a private jet. Met there by Netanyahu. Figure it out.

    • @El_Peto
      @El_Peto 3 місяці тому +2

      Sheldon Adelson?

    • @RayOrly-fs3gr
      @RayOrly-fs3gr Місяць тому

      Netanyahu was not in the government back then, it was Shimon Peres, who learnt of the affair through the Americans. This story is about a multilevel American failure. All red flags were there and they allowed him to go on.
      I am Israeli and certainly don't understand why this guy is seen as a hero by some, he was lousy, compromised our alliance with the US, didn't really accomplish much, and took loads of money from us. He has damaged our image and the image of the many Jewish service people who serve faithfully in the US army and intelligence apparatus.

  • @alexanderspear9464
    @alexanderspear9464 5 місяців тому +61

    Oh here we go again. If you object to me being a traitor, you're anti - Semitic.

    • @heinzriemann3213
      @heinzriemann3213 3 місяці тому +3

      I'm just anti-schemeitist

    • @moemimouni679
      @moemimouni679 3 місяці тому +3

      BLAME K-AMASS 4 IT.

    • @chriskessell4579
      @chriskessell4579 2 місяці тому

      Watch Europa the last battle listen to Barbara learner Spectre and watch The history of central banks and the enslavement of humanity.

  • @rickbeauchene8694
    @rickbeauchene8694 4 місяці тому +40

    The fact that Israel remained an ally after this is sickening. With all the things going on right now, I can almost guarantee that they're still doing it to this day.

    • @tpozzbarwani9977
      @tpozzbarwani9977 3 місяці тому +7

      Don't say that they say your antisemitic

    • @chriskessell4579
      @chriskessell4579 2 місяці тому +1

      If you want answers listen to Barbara learner Spectre and watch Europa the last battle, also watch The history of central banks and the enslavement of humanity .

    • @deborahderichter7926
      @deborahderichter7926 Місяць тому +1

      AMEN

    • @DRXNESTRIKE
      @DRXNESTRIKE 20 днів тому

      I think they did else that probably warranted not being allied anymore. Can’t remember what, but I think it was just the anniversary or something…

  • @knawledgemann
    @knawledgemann 7 місяців тому +24

    He was welcomed as a hero in Israel? Wtf man

    • @stevensica5918
      @stevensica5918 6 місяців тому +1

      Are you really surprised at the immense treachery of that country?

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому +7

      Why would you expect him not to be? (Serious Q.)

    • @Kakekutter
      @Kakekutter 2 місяці тому +2

      He...was...a...Israeli spy....yes he a hero and took his 30 years without giving up names...yes a ISREALI hero

    • @Roz-y2d
      @Roz-y2d 20 днів тому +2

      @@KakekutterHe was a traitor to the country he was born in. You can’t get much lower than that!

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 8 місяців тому +206

    Allies? Isreal has no "allies" only agreements of convenience.

    • @hudsonv1962
      @hudsonv1962 8 місяців тому +6

      America has been Israel’s main ally, and our sole ally in the Middle East, since 1949. Yes, it’s been an agreement of convenience for Israel, but it’s ridiculous to think they’ve become the “international force” that they currently are on their own. The international police (the US) have counted them as their own for 75+ years.

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 8 місяців тому +38

      @@hudsonv1962funny how before 1948, nearly everyone in the Middle East was our friend.

    • @hudsonv1962
      @hudsonv1962 7 місяців тому +1

      ​ @desertdetroiter428 I'm not knowledgeable on much regarding the history of US relations with the Middle East (or on anything at all) especially prior to WW2, but it seems we've always wanted a good friend in the region - at least one. Once Israel was created as an adversary of their neighboring countries, it makes strategic sense that the US would leverage this position to build a lasting relationship in order to support the existence of this otherwise unsupported nation. We provide critical support to fight off any legitimate or imagined threats; they provide "stability" by not allowing the entire region to be adversarial towards us. It's an ugly unspoken agreement that entirely goes against the mantra of "we don't negotiate with terrorists," but I suppose this relationship existed before that unofficial policy became unofficial

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 7 місяців тому +25

      @@hudsonv1962 but again, the United States had nothing BUT friends in the Middle East before 1948. We were respected and seen as a fair arbiter over the Europeans who’d traditionally run roughshod over the region. Every Arab nation admired us, and so did Turkey and Iran. I’m not blaming Israel for our poor standing in the Middle East and we certainly did a lot of stupid shit to put ourselves in this position. Our actions in Iran in 1953 are the REAL source and the beginning of our trouble in the region. But our unqualified support of Israel no matter what certainly doesn’t make things better.

    • @giovannidibravato5576
      @giovannidibravato5576 7 місяців тому

      Agreements from Shekels (Rothschild own Federal Reserve)

  • @dshe8637
    @dshe8637 8 місяців тому +32

    3:32 how can he 'return' to Israel if he'd never been there?

    • @phillip5505
      @phillip5505 7 місяців тому +31

      Part of their whole "God's chosen people" schlock

    • @anthonychristian4807
      @anthonychristian4807 7 місяців тому +29

      They're all duel citizens. A lot of them commit crimes then flee to Israel where they can't be extradited.

    • @mrcarr9890
      @mrcarr9890 6 місяців тому

      ​@@anthonychristian4807not true. I only know a few dual citizens but I know many Jews. America would never have won the Revolutionary War without Jewish money, Haim Solomon loaned the money to George Washington to get the supplies for Valley Forge. The Jewish contributions to America are many and substantial. No other ethnic group has done more for this country than the Jews.

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому +5

      ​@@phillip5505 *schtick

    • @johnnyzaza
      @johnnyzaza 3 місяці тому

      ​@@PrezVetoSchlomo

  • @P.Diddler
    @P.Diddler 3 місяці тому +20

    But Israel is such a strong ally of ours we just have yo give them billions of tax payer dollars

    • @williammarriott6131
      @williammarriott6131 3 місяці тому

      We don't have to give them ANYTHINg!! They use us and laugh at us being our back.
      Remember the USS Liberty!

  • @moderateswag69
    @moderateswag69 8 місяців тому +33

    Imagine if he wasn't so sloppy

  • @Son_of_Mandalore
    @Son_of_Mandalore 8 місяців тому +41

    A masterpiece as always Philip and I'm a huge fan of ditching the AI commentary for a more personal and nuanced narration.
    Fascinating as always and in awe of the research and time it must take just to write the script. It's comforting to know that as soon as I click on the link I'm guaranteed a fascinating factual story.

    • @PhilipThompson
      @PhilipThompson  8 місяців тому +11

      Your stamp of approval always does mean a lot to me, thank you! I'm enjoying narrating my videos, and am really happy to have ditched the AI.

    • @JohnWick-jq1bc
      @JohnWick-jq1bc 8 місяців тому +2

      i really liked the AI voice like alot so im kinda sad but the quality is still good

  • @SKF358
    @SKF358 5 місяців тому +8

    Because Israelis are a great American ally.

  • @williamhoffer9277
    @williamhoffer9277 6 місяців тому +22

    The incompetence of the U.S. Intelligence agency is very troubling!

    • @zerocool5395
      @zerocool5395 5 місяців тому

      Remember when intelligence told us about WMDs, and then baby Bush lied us into a war?

    • @justicestyles
      @justicestyles 3 місяці тому +1

      I’m concerned now too 🤦🏿

    • @Roz-y2d
      @Roz-y2d 20 днів тому +1

      There have been many traitors in the US, here in the UK too.

  • @hrvojehajdic2729
    @hrvojehajdic2729 5 місяців тому +7

    Its good to know that US learned a lot from the Pollard Affaire sepecially when it comes to loyalty of dual citizens. Thats why now we have people born in Israel snd serving in the IDF getting positions in State department defending national interests of US all over the globe...😂

  • @Dunmerdog
    @Dunmerdog 5 місяців тому +7

    While both Pollard’s accusers and his supporters have their own incentives to characterise him according to their respective stories, I believe way he divorced his wife with no warning tells you a lot about his character. Jonathan Pollard’s actions, espionage aside, paint him as a peculiar and narcissistic man with a very weak moral conscience. He seems to be extremely impulsive and short-sighted, with a strong drive to be important, even if the method of achieving notoriety will inevitably backfire.

  • @dougleclaire9424
    @dougleclaire9424 6 місяців тому +6

    A US citizen who was a traitor. Even if he provided secret info to an ally it could have been shared and stolen by agents and used anyway. This traitor should not be lionized.. Disgraceful.

  • @Caleb_Mandrake872
    @Caleb_Mandrake872 8 місяців тому +26

    33:12 - This is wrong.
    Pollard's handler, Rafi Eitan, stated in a 2014 interview that Pollard had been warned that he was exposed and that Eitan had given Pollard a prearranged signal to leave the United States, but instead Pollard "wandered around for three days with FBI following him. He had many opportunities to do what I told him and he didn't do it."
    Eitan claimed that he had given the order to evict Pollard from the embassy.

    • @zaper2904
      @zaper2904 8 місяців тому +10

      I mean that's rather unsurprising. Eitan was one of the most legendary spymasters of the cold war, of course he had a prepared contingency for him being burned.

    • @MA-go7ee
      @MA-go7ee 7 місяців тому +1

      That's his claim

  • @edwinrodeo
    @edwinrodeo 4 місяці тому +6

    Israel had / has been begging for his release.

  • @roberttravers5286
    @roberttravers5286 4 місяці тому +31

    As a child he experienced antisemitism. As an adult...he confirmed to the world why.

    • @Wolf-hh4rv
      @Wolf-hh4rv 3 місяці тому +4

      Well said

    • @zoharfriberg7557
      @zoharfriberg7557 2 місяці тому

      Antisemitism is the antisemite's fault - not the Jews!

  • @Tate70444
    @Tate70444 4 місяці тому +19

    Disgusting that he was freed

    • @blopjones1665
      @blopjones1665 2 місяці тому

      They get away with everything. I'd give you some examples but UA-cam will delete it even though I only type facts. If Americans only knew. .

  • @sunnymoondog
    @sunnymoondog 7 місяців тому +13

    He seems like a legit narcissist

  • @hiddenfromhistory100
    @hiddenfromhistory100 2 місяці тому +5

    Why was his way into naval intelligence consistently enabled by the CIA's actions unless someone higher up was assisting him? To have gotten away with it for so long, he was obviously a pawn manipulated by others in American intelligence.

    • @peepe3
      @peepe3 Місяць тому

      Very good point. Can’t hand these things over directly but we can turn a blind eye

  • @BibliaEsteRăspunsul
    @BibliaEsteRăspunsul 3 місяці тому +3

    When God gave Israel the opportunity to return to their homeland, He raised the king Cyrus and Darius. The pure hearts Israelites like Ezra and Nehemia honored their God, also Daniel, and Joseph, being loial servants to their kings under which God sent them to express Gods wisdom. God doesn't need people without holy humble and righteouss hearts to build the nation. This story tells something about the foundation the ancient Israel versus pure human efforts, nowadays

  • @ausguitarist
    @ausguitarist 8 місяців тому +15

    Just discovered your channel after the RH video. really like these stories. well read, well conducted. keep it up mate great work!

  • @calibaba2739
    @calibaba2739 4 місяці тому +6

    Seems there’s an invisible band guiding his promotion

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 8 місяців тому +16

    Is it normal for an ally to do this? Should Israel have denied him or turmed him in?

  • @c3920
    @c3920 8 місяців тому +16

    Another great video. Appreciate the authentic narration.

  • @capo4361
    @capo4361 5 місяців тому +5

    Why did he and his wife get SO many passes?

    • @heinzriemann3213
      @heinzriemann3213 3 місяці тому

      Because he was just the runner for the actual agents.

  • @BorrisBackyardigan
    @BorrisBackyardigan 8 місяців тому +17

    Another greatly written and produced video. I look forward to the next, keep it up!

  • @niallcarr9253
    @niallcarr9253 8 місяців тому +35

    $2,500 per month - now that's stingy

    • @UnstableEquilibrium
      @UnstableEquilibrium 6 місяців тому +9

      -Devil's advocate: that wasn't adjusted for inflation.-
      Someone adjusted for inflation.

    • @nawles1
      @nawles1 6 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @slickceretto9760
      @slickceretto9760 3 місяці тому +1

      Equivalent to $7,500 today

  • @cori11ian
    @cori11ian 8 місяців тому +13

    I stumbled across your channel a few days ago, and have found your videos fascinating! Keep it up

  • @sabihatanveer8494
    @sabihatanveer8494 5 місяців тому +2

    Da yanks still don't really learn 🇮🇱s mole's r deep in US politics 😴

  • @harrylime8412
    @harrylime8412 8 місяців тому +28

    Sordid person as these people often prove to be.

  • @BasedHadrian
    @BasedHadrian 3 місяці тому +5

    Little hats once again

  • @blopjones1665
    @blopjones1665 2 місяці тому +15

    I typed a paragraph of all facts and said I can't say anything or it will get deleted and i clicked on the comment and guess what error 404. Unreal how you can only not talk about 1 country.

    • @mediii8057
      @mediii8057 2 місяці тому +1

      Don’t waste your time. I typed a simple paragraph that’s not even bad and posted it several times and it was deleted each and every time.
      Can’t talk about them and can’t hold them accountable. Our government is quick to screw over and delete our own people but god forbid anyone even thinks about touching the “gods chosenites”. All hell would break loose

    • @JimmyMatis-h9y
      @JimmyMatis-h9y Місяць тому

      FS ya can't talk about that country bcuz they have all of Epstein's camera footage.YT/google doesn't want their executives publicly ruined when "They" leak some photos. 😉

  • @JuliaAlexandra180
    @JuliaAlexandra180 8 місяців тому +25

    Such terrific content and with a SA accent too! Love it.
    I was struck by how poorly paid these workers were with clearances for top secret access. $1000 a month? So a greedy POS like Pollard wanted the 80s cliches of coke and fine dining.. Disgusting.

    • @klearmynd
      @klearmynd 8 місяців тому +2

      As a South African I feel so much of pride ! LoL love it

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones 8 місяців тому +1

      In 1967, $1,000 a month was a very good salary for a new college graduate. I lived in that neighborhood, Dupont Circle, on a salary of $80 a week at the age of 24 back then.

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому

      Did you forget inflation?

  • @gullybull5568
    @gullybull5568 6 місяців тому +3

    NO ISREAL IS OUR FRIEND !!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @JB_user5684
    @JB_user5684 8 місяців тому +10

    Excellent work as always.
    Funnily enough, I was thinking of suggesting Pollard to you during the compilation video.
    If you are open to suggestions Anna Montes might be a good subject.
    Thank you, again.

  • @__mehran
    @__mehran 6 місяців тому +17

    Refuse to believe it was mere coincidence that he kept on surviving. We all know why he didn’t get fired when he should’ve

    • @limeadel303
      @limeadel303 5 місяців тому +3

      mhm. it’s no coincidence he’s not directly contradicting americas political beliefs. if he was say an anarchist? he would’ve been fired long ago.

  • @poli6ady
    @poli6ady 5 місяців тому +11

    very jewish of him

  • @mancroft
    @mancroft 8 місяців тому +23

    Excellent as usual, Mr Thompson. Thank you.

  • @aineahmed9963
    @aineahmed9963 5 місяців тому +3

    Israeli …nice ally

  • @Moorsho
    @Moorsho 8 місяців тому +57

    Be careful before they call you antisemitic.😂😂

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 8 місяців тому

      You know the only people who say hyperbolic comments like that about anti semitism? Anti semites.

    • @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895
      @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895 8 місяців тому +16

      Its like theyll come out of nowhere and accuse you of such, like randomly coming out of the ground or some hole or something

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 8 місяців тому +1

      @@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895 Today I learned that General Mark Milley is a Benedictine monk.

    • @dshe8637
      @dshe8637 8 місяців тому +7

      It has been weaponised

    • @sheenaghmcmahon9665
      @sheenaghmcmahon9665 6 місяців тому +3

      This comment shows that you are anti-Semitic. Try not to be completely ignorant and stupid.

  • @mrfarax4944
    @mrfarax4944 3 місяці тому +7

    APAC been busy in other areas besides politics

    • @arikkatzenberg582
      @arikkatzenberg582 Місяць тому

      Feeling jealous or something?

    • @mrfarax4944
      @mrfarax4944 Місяць тому +2

      @@arikkatzenberg582 no one is jealous of child killers

  • @EJ-V8Bikes
    @EJ-V8Bikes 8 місяців тому +10

    What an amazing documentary! Love the video including the voice! Thank you! ❤

  • @RenoReborn
    @RenoReborn 4 місяці тому +10

    "Wahhh, you're oppressing me cause I'm Jewish"
    "Ah shit, just give him what he wants before this turns into a PR nightmare"
    Things haven't changed much in the past 40 years have they

  • @johnryan2193
    @johnryan2193 8 місяців тому +5

    Absolutely crazy that an intelligence organization is afraid to share vital information incase it breach's a privacy law . How can you protect yourself under those conditions.

  • @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895
    @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895 8 місяців тому +44

    LOL a very awkward and weird spy movie could be made from this. Hollywood would never allow it though

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 8 місяців тому +8

      Statements like this are killing the entire concept of “irony”. It’s impossible to satirize because it is already such a caricature of antisemitism.

    • @zerocool5395
      @zerocool5395 5 місяців тому

      Oy vey!

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@silverXnoise what?

  • @oldgoat8861
    @oldgoat8861 8 місяців тому +4

    A 1/2 mental case from day one....?.....only in time would he have been mined by foreign interests.
    A 1000 flags was raised.

  • @Aieieo
    @Aieieo 2 місяці тому +2

    600 is a strangely specific amount

  • @brianally1531
    @brianally1531 8 місяців тому +3

    I thought that I knew this story but ... The red flags this guy was waving -- for many years -- were pretty damned obvious. There mustn't have been much of a background check on him -- ever.
    Would you mind telling me what the source was for the brief overhead shots of Central Park at around 15:00?

  • @zzzanon
    @zzzanon 4 місяці тому +3

    Great video. Shocking betrayal from this spy

  • @VonDutch68
    @VonDutch68 5 місяців тому +2

    How many nutters & narcissists end up in the security services, one has to wonder about the recruitment systems and the officers therein.

  • @abdellahchaaibi
    @abdellahchaaibi 8 місяців тому +11

    A new video = evening saved.

  • @chadczternastek
    @chadczternastek 8 місяців тому +17

    1985: marijuana was the devil and gateway drug.
    2024: you can buy weed at any convenience store or smoke shop.

    • @scattau41
      @scattau41 4 місяці тому

      Delta-8 is not weed

  • @brettbbalin_1631
    @brettbbalin_1631 8 місяців тому +7

    Amazing video as always keep up the great work !

  • @likejimi5845
    @likejimi5845 8 місяців тому +8

    Just found this channel over the weekend and have been binging. Now I'm first comment on the next video🤓

    • @PhilipThompson
      @PhilipThompson  8 місяців тому +1

      A warm welcome to you! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

    • @Son_of_Mandalore
      @Son_of_Mandalore 8 місяців тому +3

      You could not be in better hands. As a historian dedicated to accuracy and clarity you won't find a better content creator on UA-cam. The back catalogue is superb with some wonderful imagery, especially for the WW2 episodes (my favourite). Have fun binging, sometimes I wish I hadn't seen them all just so I could watch them again for the first time.

  • @jasonmurdoc9533
    @jasonmurdoc9533 6 місяців тому +6

    30:14 damnit Ann you had one job!

    • @F_Tim1961
      @F_Tim1961 6 місяців тому

      The story of what Ann did is murky. She allegedly in the original version took a suitcase of "valuables" to a retired Nav officer in the same building , someone they knew slightly and asked him to hold it until she returned in a few days. Whe she did not return , he grew suspicious and opened it and found materials stamped to secret. He then knew where to phone. The business of accidentally leaving compromising material in the house is a later development.
      TEF

    • @F_Tim1961
      @F_Tim1961 6 місяців тому

      I found the story of the suitcase - as per a NYT copy of the government's case - HTML document -text-of-the-government-s-summary-of-its-espionage-case-against-pollard
      The suitcase which Anne Henderson Pollard had asked her neighbor to retrieve from its hidden location on Monday, Nov. 18, 1985, was subsequently turned over by the neighbor to F.B.I. and N.I.S. agents who searched it pursuant to warrant. The suitcase was found to contain United States classified documents relating to the national defense, many of which, the Government's evidence would show, had been delivered to the Israelis, copied and returned to Mr. Pollard........
      Earlier on there is an explanation of how she left the suitcase under a stairwell in the residential building and asked a neighbour to retrieve it . He did so but then , because it all seemed cloak and dagger , did not forward it to a hotel where she was staying.
      "She then went to a neighbor and requested that the neighbor retrieve the suitcase and deliver it to her at a local hotel. The neighbor retrieved the suitcase but did not make the delivery." - It's pretty clear there's an issue right - the neighbour is going to say to himself - why is she not willing to take this out of the building herself ?
      Realistically Anne got a pretty small sentence for this (everyone knows that if you get 5 years as a first offender and behave well it likely will be 2.5 years ).
      Just observations - no dog in the fight.

  • @spazzypengin
    @spazzypengin 4 місяці тому +4

    He should have danced the Tyburn jig.

    • @Roz-y2d
      @Roz-y2d 20 днів тому +1

      He’d have had to go to England for that!🤣

    • @spazzypengin
      @spazzypengin 20 днів тому

      @@Roz-y2d Nah, just change it to "Leavenworth jig" or something. Like the difference between shepherd's pie and cottage pie, you know?

  • @THEWOLVESGAMERS
    @THEWOLVESGAMERS 5 місяців тому +4

    Our greatest ally 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @SteveYates-uo4dq
    @SteveYates-uo4dq 5 місяців тому +2

    Surely if you’re idealistic you CANT get swayed by greed!! Right!!

  • @memy4460
    @memy4460 5 місяців тому +4

    In my opinion it is obvious that his career was "helped" by either the local jewish "mafia" or directly moszad. They must have known that this guy was going to be useful some day

  • @hoouch1
    @hoouch1 6 місяців тому +3

    Traitors in the homeland

  • @memy4460
    @memy4460 5 місяців тому +2

    It is shocking that the woman wasn't prosecuted. She was an accomplice

  • @heinzriemann3213
    @heinzriemann3213 3 місяці тому +10

    They are not our friends.
    They're occupiers.

  • @maureenball6733
    @maureenball6733 20 днів тому +1

    This is one spy I could back - though he has undesirable flaws.

  • @peterwakili8575
    @peterwakili8575 8 місяців тому +4

    couldn't have come at a better time when I just finished watching FX's The Americans tv show

  • @American-BadAss732
    @American-BadAss732 6 місяців тому +2

    How would he not be under contract to be subject to non warrent searches and whatever else the government wanted while working with classified documents

  • @orangejjay
    @orangejjay 8 місяців тому +3

    I apologize if I've missed it but have you done Jim Nicholson yet? The guy who was convicted not once but TWICE for spying and received that second conviction after manipulating his son into spying for Russia and also told thr judge that he'd rather serve Russia than ever show any remorse for his actions?
    It's a wild story covered by others but something tells me you'd tell this story better and with more depth than anyone else out there. ❤❤

    • @PhilipThompson
      @PhilipThompson  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like I need to read up on his story, sounds intriguing!

  • @Caleb_Mandrake872
    @Caleb_Mandrake872 8 місяців тому +7

    46:51 - How could anyone take what Pollard says as true after he's doing this 9:27

  • @flufwix
    @flufwix 6 місяців тому +3

    I have to ask the question “What the hell were the navy thinking on multiple occasions?” Wow!

  • @klearmynd
    @klearmynd 8 місяців тому +9

    Anything nefarious is celebrated in Israel >._.

    • @sheenaghmcmahon9665
      @sheenaghmcmahon9665 6 місяців тому

      Don't be ridiculous. Your total lack of intelligence is showing.

  • @79TROUBLESHOOTER
    @79TROUBLESHOOTER 3 місяці тому +8

    I don't know what the Israeli lobby was like during the 70s & 80s when this fantasist was operating, but it sure seems to have a powerful influence nowadays. It seems to be the same here in the UK. Our government was practically doing cartwheels recently about the RAF assisting Israel, meanwhile, over 10,000 undocumented migrants have broke into our country by crossing the unprotected English Channel.
    Great video and channel. I always enjoy listening to historical accounts like this

    • @heinzriemann3213
      @heinzriemann3213 3 місяці тому +1

      UK is fully subservient to their empire.

  • @TremblingKiwis
    @TremblingKiwis 3 місяці тому +3

    The usual suspects.

  • @SteveYates-uo4dq
    @SteveYates-uo4dq 5 місяців тому +1

    It goes to show that we have morons who are running with all our secrets it’s mind blowing!! It’s about time we got smart!!

  • @uncle-ted
    @uncle-ted 6 місяців тому +8

    God's chosen people for you.

    • @thejuice8325
      @thejuice8325 5 місяців тому

      Ah yes gotta live the racism

    • @xftjlas8296
      @xftjlas8296 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@@thejuice8325stay mad but the truth is there

  • @QuintTheSharker
    @QuintTheSharker 4 місяці тому +3

    The nose on this man is very large. That should tell you everything you need to know.

  • @badbuiltbonesghost
    @badbuiltbonesghost 8 місяців тому +3

    I recently showed spook dad an article with this guy bc Pollard was running his mouth about killing hostages. Dad was naval intel/NSA during peak cold war. he says, oh, that Jack a** 😂 LOL he feels the same about pelton, walker, etc. just a mess. but that was the funniest response I've gotten out of him.

    • @conzmoleman
      @conzmoleman 8 місяців тому +2

      I don’t like Pollard one bit but he’s absolutely correct on this count. The IDF tank gunners and helicopter pilots have openly confirmed this. The articles are in Haaretz.

  • @calebmorgan6939
    @calebmorgan6939 8 місяців тому +2

    "For whom he delivered it", not "For whom he delivered it to", but better is informal "who he was giving it to"

  • @mohaosman1473
    @mohaosman1473 6 місяців тому +9

    Free America from Israel

    • @thejuice8325
      @thejuice8325 5 місяців тому +1

      Why would America ever want that? Israel gives America geopolitical and economic power in the middle east that no other country in the world can give them. They're the only democratic country with similar beliefs in the region. America has so much more to gain than lose by being Israel's ally that's it's silly of you to suggest otherwise.

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@thejuice8325It's our support of Israel that causes most of the hostility the U.S. has faced in the Middle East since World War II, rendering whatever we get in return mere mitigation. Their being democratic doesn't change that.

    • @hadikhan5197
      @hadikhan5197 2 місяці тому

      @@thejuice8325And what power would that be ??? Americans whole problem with Middle East started with Palestine and 1953 Iran.. Israel is the Only beneficiary of this relationship. America has Only gained Enmity and Distrust from the deal.

  • @அவானிஉயர்ந்தது

    Someone or some organizations got his back considering his unstoppable climb the bureaucratic ladder and his constant promotion in the organization despite all the visible red flags and obvious deception signs

  • @antonietadeoliveira4900
    @antonietadeoliveira4900 8 місяців тому +8

    Thanks again for such quality. I really enjoyed your narration and South African accent👌🌟

  • @christopheklinger3217
    @christopheklinger3217 6 місяців тому +9

    Obviously, he is not the only one