Word: sella
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...Pollard was charged with spying for Israel. While the State Department issued a statement lauding the Israeli government for its "full cooperation," Justice Department officials on the delegation have charged angrily that they were "misled" by the Israelis. Jerusalem had withheld the name of Pollard's handler, Aviam Sella, and had delivered only 163 documents of the thousands purloined by Pollard. Sella was subsequently indicted in the U.S. on espionage charges, and the Justice Department is now moving to indict three additional Israeli officials...
...very least, the U.S. expects the Shamir government to fire the two Israelis who are believed to have played important roles in the Pollard affair. One is Colonel Aviam Sella, 41, an air force hero who was Pollard's "handler"; last month Sella was named commander of one of Israel's most important air bases. Similarly, Rafi Eitan, who masterminded the Pollard spy operation, was named chairman of Israel Chemicals, the country's largest government-owned company. Washington also wants Israel to return the 360 cu. ft. of American intelligence documents that Pollard stole from the Naval Investigative Service...
...suitcase full of classified documents. A few days later the Pollards drove to the Israeli-embassy compound, where they apparently hoped to gain refuge and perhaps political asylum. But the Israelis, realizing the Pollards were being followed by the FBI, turned them away, and the pair were soon arrested. Sella, Yagur and Erb quietly slipped out of the country...
...insisted that Pollard had been part of a "rogue" spy team, Washington began to suspect that those who had worked with him were actually being rewarded. Eitan, who had headed the Pollard operation, was appointed board chairman of Israel Chemicals, a large government-owned company. Two weeks ago Colonel Sella was named commander of one of Israel's most important air bases...
After learning of Sella's promotion, the Administration canceled a joint American-Israeli air-force training course and put Tel Nof off limits to U.S. officers and other officials. In addition, the Administration threatened to suspend its policy of military cooperation with the Israeli air force unless Sella's appointment was rescinded. Last week a federal grand jury in Washington issued an indictment against Sella...