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Private Organization | New York University is a private research university in New York City where Israeli air force officer Aviem Sella was completing a Ph.D. in computer science when he was recruited in 1984 to serve as Jonathan Pollard's handler. | 1831 | New York City, USA |
New York University is a private research university in New York City. Aviem Sella had almost completed his requirement for a Ph.D. in computer science at New York University by 1984, when he was approached to handle Jonathan Pollard. His technical training was seen as an asset in evaluating and winnowing down Pollard's materials.1
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Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 21. ↩︎