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From Espionage and Prison to Freedom

JL;DR SUMMARY Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for passing secrets to Israel, marking a significant espionage case involving an ally nation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Maryland, United States
"When Jonathan Jay Pollard, an intelligence analyst for the US Navy in Maryland, pleaded guilty to espionage in 1987, he became the first American sentenced to life in prison for sharing secrets with an American ally."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I met Jonathan in Jerusalems Waldorf Astoria caf, where he recounted his gripping life story over four uninterrupted hours."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I was walking by the Beit Hanasi, not far from where I used to live with my wife and kids, and there was a left-wing protest of Kaplanists who had come in from Tel Aviv."
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