Caspar Weinberger served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Reagan. John Kiriakou cites Weinberger’s assessment of the Jonathan Pollard espionage case: that the damage was “grave” — which Kiriakou notes is the highest level of damage in the classification scheme.[1] Kiriakou frames this as the reason Pollard served every single day of his thirty-year sentence with no time off for good behavior.[2]
Caspar Weinberger
U.S. Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan; John Kiriakou cites Weinberger's assessment that Jonathan Pollard's espionage caused "grave damage" — the highest category of harm — to U.S. national security.
References
- ↑ The Jason Jones Show, 2026-06-15 — 41:02 on YouTube · Transcript
- ↑ The Jason Jones Show, 2026-06-15 — 41:35 on YouTube · Transcript
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