This book is filled with nothing but anti-semitic lies. The supposed "secrets" that Pollard so heroically "passed on" to Israel should have been, as Congressional intent clearly showed, to begin with. Congress passed laws to insure that Israel received the very information that Pollard was passed on. Yet despite these laws the Navy (and the armed forces in general) did not pass any of this information on to Israel. Could it possibly be that anti-semiticism is rife in the armed forces, as Dershowitz and Abraham Fox state? And what is worse is that this anti-semiticism continues. Kadish, another fine American, has also been arrested for passing on harmless information that Israel should have been receiving. Does the Navy know no ends to its anti-semiticism?

No wonder so many true americans like Dershowitz, George Will, Abraham Fox, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and the editors of the Wall Street Journal (by publishing so many supportive articles and those of the aforementioned writers) have been so supportive of releasing this modern day Dreyfus.

For a more objective view of the Pollard case one should instead read Goldenberg's "The Hunting Horse: The Truth Behind the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case" (the introduction by Dershowitz is particularly enlightening) and Abraham Fox's "The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control".

This book is filled with nothing but anti-semitic lies. The supposed "secrets" that Pollard so heroically "passed on" to Israel should have been, as Congressional intent clearly showed, to begin with. Congress passed laws to insure that Israel received the very information that Pollard was passed on. Yet despite these laws the Navy (and the armed forces in general) did not pass any of this information on to Israel. Could it possibly be that anti-semiticism is rife in the armed forces, as Dershowitz and Abraham Fox state? And what is worse is that this anti-semiticism continues. Kadish, another fine American, has also been arrested for passing on harmless information that Israel should have been receiving. Does the Navy know no ends to its anti-semiticism?

No wonder so many true americans like Dershowitz, George Will, Abraham Fox, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and the editors of the Wall Street Journal (by publishing so many supportive articles and those of the aforementioned writers) have been so supportive of releasing this modern day Dreyfus.

For a more objective view of the Pollard case one should instead read Goldenberg's "The Hunting Horse: The Truth Behind the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case" (the introduction by Dershowitz is particularly enlightening) and Abraham Fox's "The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control".

Mr. Olive's book on Capturing Jonathan Pollard is a "five star" - no doubt. To me, a 34 year law enforcement/intelligence officer, I believe this book should be required reading by every rookie police or military intelligence person.

Mr Olive clearly lays it out - complaciency on the part of the American people is a fatal disease. Worse yet, many of our top level administrators in the law enforcement and intelligence field took so long to get to their high positions that they have forgotten what really goes on at the operational level.

I hope Ron Olive writes another book (or three)

After reading this book, you will really wonder about how our so called intelligence agencies can manage anything. The amount of incompetence and negligence detailed in this book is almost unimaginable. Overall a good and interesting book. Recommended for those spy book lovers.

Ron Olive presents a well-written, factual and objective account of Jonathan Pollard's perfidy. This book is well organized and fast-paced. Mr. Olive does not spare criticism of the agencies and individuals who must bare much of the responsibility for the complete lack of or breakdown in security. Israel continues to exemplify that countries do not have friends, only national interests.

Unfortunately, there are supporters of Jonathan Pollard who attack the messenger rather than accept the message. Mr. Olive's account of Pollard's espionage is a continuation of Olive's outstanding service to our country. Those who support Pollard do a great injustice to U.S. - Israeli relations, by continuing to remind us that even those countries heavily supported by America, can bite the providers hand. This book is a textbook for all who study international relations, national security, counterintelligence, and counterespionage.

The full amount of damage inflicted by Pollard will not be known for years. Pollard clearly deserves his sentence and should never be released.

Jonathan Pollard was one of the most damaging and dangerous spies to ever betray the United States. Ronald Olive was the investigator who actually nailed Pollard and put together a convincing case against him. He is the perfect writer for this compelling story that reads like it happened yesterday rather than 20 years ago.
One of the best spy books ever written which demonstrates its better if the writer has first hand experience of the case rather than just a journalist or a member of the mass media.
Absolute required reading for any espionage enthusiast or future spy catcher.

"Luck had nothing to do with it". How many times have we heard that statement? In the case of Jonathan Pollard,luck had EVERYTHING to do with it. Having spent 12 years in Army counterintelligence, and almost 30 years in the security field myself, I was amazed at how often luck favored him. Eventually, Pollard's luck ran out. The story of his downfall, as told by the man who was there, is a fascinating tale of how the true counterspy does his job. In spite of its length, this is a fast, compelling read; lucidly written. The interactions among the various agencies involved, including the FBI, US Navy, and the CIA, were fascinating to follow, and allowed the reader to begin to understand the mind-set of those agencies. A word of warning, however; do not start this book late in the evening, because you will not want to put it down until you finish.

This is an excellent documentary from someone who actually "was there". No spin or cover-up is offered here. The author tells even the most embarrassing details of a case that should be studied by all investigative branches of our government in hope of preventing this from occurring again.
There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Pollard has received the punishment he deserved. I would discount those who would attempt to downplay the harm that he did to our country. They are naively accepting his self-portrayal as a protagonist of the Israeli nation.

A fast paced, well written book by an author who personally interacted with Pollard and who was intimately involved in the investigation.

Olive was the NCIS agent at the heart of the Pollard investigation and for the first time exposes decade old myths about this notorious spy case. Olive provides a candid, and sad but true account, of how Pollard was able to walk off with 360 cubic feet (1 million pages) of classified documents. He sold them over to Israel-a foreign government.

Olive articulates how blatant Pollard was at stealing our nation's top secrets, and how his strange and bizarre behaviors were ignored from the beginning. It tells how he manipulated the system time and time again and how our intelligence agencies were ransacked. He exposes how the navy and the intelligence community, in trying to give a guy the "benefit of the doubt" and in some cases "another chance" made bad decisions and overlooked things that "just weren't right." Pollard should have been fired long before he became a spy and should never have gone down in the history books.

In his first book, Ronald Olive takes us deep inside the espionage investigation where "Murphy's Law" was always one step ahead and the confession he eventually garnered. He tells of how Anne and Pollard fell in love, what her involvement was, and how her actions-at the end of this spy game-expedited their arrest. A story that some might say is "stranger than fiction." Sad as this tale is we can learn from the lessons it teaches us and should be mandatory reading-especially for law enforcement agencies.

Revealed in the epilogue is most unbelievable and another revelation to me and a scary one, is how Pollard himself, through the years has manipulated the intelligence community and the media (and still is) into believing he is a sufferer for a cause-an Israeli patriot. This is simply not the case. Jonathan Pollard is a traitor to his country and is right where he belongs.

A fast paced, well written book by an author who personally interacted with Pollard and who was intimately involved in the investigation.

Olive was the NCIS agent at the heart of the Pollard investigation and for the first time exposes decade old myths about this notorious spy case. Olive provides a candid, and sad but true account, of how Pollard was able to walk off with 360 cubic feet (1 million pages) of classified documents. He sold them over to Israel-a foreign government.

Olive articulates how blatant Pollard was at stealing our nation's top secrets, and how his strange and bizarre behaviors were ignored from the beginning. It tells how he manipulated the system time and time again and how our intelligence agencies were ransacked. He exposes how the navy and the intelligence community, in trying to give a guy the "benefit of the doubt" and in some cases "another chance" made bad decisions and overlooked things that "just weren't right." Pollard should have been fired long before he became a spy and should never have gone down in the history books.

In his first book, Ronald Olive takes us deep inside the espionage investigation where "Murphy's Law" was always one step ahead and the confession he eventually garnered. He tells of how Anne and Pollard fell in love, what her involvement was, and how her actions-at the end of this spy game-expedited their arrest. A story that some might say is "stranger than fiction." Sad as this tale is we can learn from the lessons it teaches us and should be mandatory reading-especially for law enforcement agencies.

Revealed in the epilogue is most unbelievable and another revelation to me and a scary one, is how Pollard himself, through the years has manipulated the intelligence community and the media (and still is) into believing he is a sufferer for a cause-an Israeli patriot. This is simply not the case. Jonathan Pollard is a traitor to his country and is right where he belongs.

Very subtle and very clever at blaming the victim for the injustice that was done him. The bottom line is that for all of the author's professed philosemitism, someone who was caught spying for the Jewish state has been treated much more harshly than Americans who sold U.S. interests out to the Soviet Union. Thus, regardless of the spin that the author puts on it, the fact is that by the way that it is treating Jonathan Pollard, the U.S. government is making a statement to the effect that it did not consider even the Evil Empire of the Soviet Union as threatening as Jews who are loyal to the Jewish state.

Very subtle and very clever at blaming the victim for the injustice that was done him. The bottom line is that for all of the author's professed philosemitism, someone who was caught spying for the Jewish state has been treated much more harshly than Americans who sold U.S. interests out to the Soviet Union. Thus, regardless of the spin that the author puts on it, the fact is that by the way that it is treating Jonathan Pollard, the U.S. government is making a statement to the effect that it did not consider even the Evil Empire of the Soviet Union as threatening as Jews who are loyal to the Jewish state.

This case has become politically charged more than any other spy case on record. As a result, there is a flood of misinformation, primarily on the internet, which attempts to obscure the facts of the case. Mr Olive, by virtue of his role as investigator into the matter is in a unique position to separate the actual facts from the spin, which came later. I have had an interest in this case and have followed it since it came to public attention. Mr Olive's book is the first objective account (from the governments viewpoint) that I have seen, and I found it to be an intresting account that tallied with what facts I had learned previously from multiple sources.

Pollards behaviour was bizarre at times, to say the least, and should have gotten him "weeded out" several times in the course of his career as a spy. The lesson here, of lax "vetting" and even more lax physical security, seems to be repeating itself lately at the White Sands complex, with uncontrolled access and highly classified material finding its way out the door. I hope that this book will find an audience that will not be dissuaded by "spinmeisters" attempting to turn a well paid spy into a self-sacrificing hero.