Israeli Spies

Another defence official is accused of leaking secrets to Israel. When I say 'another' the natural question from every NZer would be: who was the first?

That would be Jonathon Pollard. Currently serving a life sentence in a US prison. He's seen as a hero in Israel. Pollard leaked information that the US was holding back from Israel. The holding back of this information was illegal under an intelligence sharing agreement between the two countries. However, Pollard, as an analyst, was legally bound not to leak the information.

I think his plight was portrayed in the very cool French movie 'Les Patriotes'. If the producers didn't intend to portray his exact plight then they certainly must have had him in mind. The movie mainly focuses on an Israeli spy who eventually becomes the 'minder' of a Jewish NSA analyst who turns traitor/hero (depending on your perspective..). I encourage you all to rent it out. Yvan Attal makes for the coolest, level-headed spy since Sean Connery :)

Hmmm.. all this stuff certainly makes NZ's Israeli spy passport scandal seem rather tame...