James Pollard

In Alan DershowitzÕs novel Chutzpah, he devotes an entire section to the issue of, and his personal feelings about James Pollard. He begins this section with a description of the way in which this man was caught selling classified government documents to the nation of Israel. Basically this man was a Jewish American spy for the Israeli government because of a duty he felt stemming from a secret loyalty he felt toward the nation …

…is pleading for the Jewish community to pull together on PollardÕs behalf. He goes on to give a very persuasive argument as to why Jewish leaders should not fear being accused of having dual national loyalty. Pollards ultimate fate is still not clear, but he is presently in prison and will most likely be there for the duration of his sentence. However, Dershowitz has pledged to fight on his behalf until he is released.