From The Washington Note:
March 20, 2007
James Woolsey Should Lose Security Clearance
Booz Allen Vice President R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence during the Clinton administration, still has his security clearance.
Woolsey’s advocacy of American Navy employee turned Israel spy Jonathan Pollard’s release though raises questions about the propriety of his continuing to have access to the nation’s secrets — particularly those that cover activities in the Middle East.
Could not agree more.
Woolsey is obviously in the minority here regarding Pollard. I get the feeling that the vast majority of the intelligence community in Washington would prefer Jonathan Pollard spend the rest of his life in a dark hole in the ground. According to Dennis Ross’s book, when Netanyahu demanded the release of Pollard as part of peace negotiations in the 1990s, George Tenet (another Clinton-era CIA chief) threatened to resign in protest.