The investigation into the Glenn McDuffie file has moved from the archives to the present day.
Shortly after publishing Part II of my investigation, detailing how a Huntsville whistleblower warned the Senate about an illicit HAWK missile pipeline to Iran, I received a direct communication from Jonathan Pollard.
Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who served 30 years in prison for providing classified information to Israel, contacted me with a specific purpose: to corroborate the mechanism of the arms transfer Glenn McDuffie described, and to provide the missing strategic context that explains why it happened.
His statement introduces a new logistics hub, a specific timeline, and the existence of a forensic document—currently held by the FBI—that proves the U.S. government was facilitating the defense of Iran’s oil infrastructure years before the scandal broke.
The ‘Swap’ Mechanism
Glenn McDuffie was an engineer on the ground. He saw HAWK missile spares being “diverted” from U.S. stocks intended for Europe and realized they were going to Iran. But he never knew the political mechanism that allowed it.
Pollard has now provided that mechanism.
In his message to me, Pollard stated that he personally suggested the logistics of the transfer to Israeli officials. The plan was not to ship U.S. missiles directly to Tehran, but to launder them through the Israeli inventory.
“I was the one who actually suggested to the Israelis… to trade their HAWKs for new ones,” Pollard stated.
This confirms McDuffie’s long-held suspicion: The “spares shortages” in Europe were caused because U.S. inventory was being used to backfill Israeli stocks, which were then shipped to the Ayatollah.
Furthermore, Pollard identified a new geographic node in the pipeline. While McDuffie tracked the shipments through Intergraph trucks into Mexico, Pollard states the transfer of the physical air defense systems was arranged to take place in Spain.
The Kharg Island Blueprint
The most explosive revelation from Pollard regarding this investigation involves a specific document he drafted in the Fall of 1985 (September–November).
At that time, Iran was locked in a desperate war with Iraq. Iraqi air power was hammering Kharg Island, the primary oil export terminal that funded the Iranian war effort. Protecting Kharg Island was the Ayatollah’s highest strategic priority.
Pollard revealed that he wrote an assessment to Rafi Eitan, the head of the Israeli LAKAM intelligence agency, specifically outlining which Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) systems could be sold to Iran to defend Kharg Island.
The FBI knows this document exists.
“The FBI still has the letter,” Pollard told me. “They reconstructed the letter [from the typewriter ribbon] where I laid out all the various surface-to-air missile systems that were available… for Kharg Island.”
This admission rewrites the timeline. It suggests that U.S. and Israeli intelligence circles were not just “trading arms for hostages” in a haphazard way; they were actively consulting on the strategic air defense of Iran’s critical energy infrastructure.
The Threat of Treason
Like McDuffie, who faced termination, surveillance, and an alleged attempt on his life, Pollard described a climate of aggressive suppression for anyone who knew about the Iran pipeline.
He details a confrontation with the Grand Jury in 1986—long before the Iran-Contra story broke in the Lebanese press. When he began discussing the Iran-Contra details, Pollard alleges that U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova threatened the jurors with treason charges if they leaked the testimony.
“They shut everybody up,” Pollard said. “Threatened everybody with treason charges.”
This mirrors the stonewalling I encountered in my own 1987 FOIA requests to the Army, and the silence that greeted McDuffie’s desperate letters to Senator Byrd. The cover-up was systemic, spanning from the Huntsville corporate offices to the Department of Justice.
The New Investigation
Based on this specific intelligence, I have filed a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI this morning.
I am demanding the declassification and release of:
- The “Reconstructed Letter” to Rafi Eitan (Fall 1985): Specifically the document recovered from Pollard’s typewriter ribbon detailing air defense systems for Kharg Island.
- The Grand Jury Records: Any internal memos regarding U.S. Attorney diGenova’s instructions to the 1986 Grand Jury regarding Iran-Contra testimony.
Glenn McDuffie provided the view from the factory floor. Jonathan Pollard has provided the view from the intelligence vault. The picture is becoming clearer, and the government’s denial is becoming impossible to maintain.
