Dots connect from Lee Harvey Oswald to Patriot Act by WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.

Three news bulletins catch the eye.

The first touches on Jonathan Pollard. We knew he was an American spy. When he was apprehended in 1985 it transpired that he had been sending American national secrets to Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. It is nice that Israel was an ally of the United States, but that was not exonerative in U.S. v. Pollard. He was sentenced to life in prison.