Paperback: 523 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.11 x 8.96 x 6.04 Publisher: Dandelion Books; (November 1, 2001) Author: Gordon Thomas Gordon Thomas provides up to date information from his global intelligence contacts Osama Bin Laden, terrorism and how it is being countered. This takes you inside secret briefings that finally led Bush to launching the first war of the 21st century. Exposes the secret dealings between Russia and China-which explains their own roles in their lip service support for countering terrorism. It reveals the reasons for the ever closer relationship developing between Israels Mossad and Chinas Secret Intelligence Service (CSIS). Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America reveals why Pollard was sentenced to die in prison after he had been found guilty of being the greatest traitor in the history of the United States. Seeds of Fire shows how, compared to Pollard, the damage done to U.S. security by others spying against the U.S. pales into significance. Pollard was a civilian senior analyst in the most secret Field Operational Intelligence office in Suitland, Maryland. The post required top security clearance because Pollard had access to highly classified files in the entire U.S. intelligence community. Seeds of Fire documents how a powerful lobby WITHIN the United States has lobbied to have Pollard freed. It names the lobbyists. They are headed by Harvard Law School Professor, Alan M. Dershowitz, once Pollard's attorney. Seeds of Fire quotes the attorney thus: "There is nothing in Pollard's conviction to suggest that he had compromised the nation's intelligence-gathering capabilities or betrayed worldwide intelligence data." Backed by such powerful sources, Israel has now begun a new campaign to persuade the Bush Administration to set Pollard free. But CIA Director, George Tenet, as Seeds of Fire reveals, is leading the opposition to such a move. Tenet is not the only one who has joined in the battle over Pollard's future. Four retired US admirals, one who had served as a director of US Naval Intelligence, have circulated a paper within the Washington intelligence community that bluntly states Pollard's release would not only be "irresponsible to the highest degree, but also a victory for the clever public relations campaign waged for the worst traitor this country has had." So far such trenchant views have remained within the intelligence community, but a number of senior members of the CIA, FBI and other agencies who were involved in assessing the damage Pollard did, have begun to say they will go public on what they know the extent of that damage to be. Though reluctant to be named "for the moment," one FBI agent told Gordon Thomas: "Pollard stole every worthwhile intelligence secret we had. We are still trying to recover from what he did. We have had to withdraw dozens of agents in place in the former Soviet Union, in the Middle East, South Africa and friendly nations like Britain, France and Germany. The American public just don't know the full extent of what he did."
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