Lindenstrauss issues court order for PM to testify about Pollard
By JPOST.COM STAFF
State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss has issued a court order against Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert which would force the premier to testify before the comptroller on the matter
of Jonathan Pollard and his continued incarceration in the United States on charges of
spying for Israel, Channel 2 reported on Thursday.
In December, the Knesset State Control Committee asked Lindenstrauss to investigate the
Pollard affair, which he began to do in January. However, since that time the comptroller
had been accused of sabotaging "sensitive efforts" which are workign for Pollard's
release.
Lindenstrauss denied the charge in a press conference in late March, and while not
speculating about who had made the allegation, said that "it is clear that apparently - I
hope I'm proven wrong - that someone is very afraid of the outcome of the investigation."