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Home Front: Politix
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to be set free after 30 years
2015-11-15
WASHINGTON -- Jonathan Pollard, the Navy intelligence analyst whose 1985 arrest for selling secrets to Israel set off a sensational spy saga, is scheduled to be released from federal prison next week, marking the end of a three-decade diplomatic burr in the relationship between the two allies.

Pollard, 61, had been serving a life sentence, but was granted parole this year under sentencing rules in place at the time of his prosecution that made him presumptively eligible for release this month.
Personally I'd let him rot in prison for the rest of his life but rules are rules...
Although the decision from the U.S. Parole Commission came around the same time as a sharp disagreement between the U.S. and the Israeli governments over a nuclear deal with Iran, officials from both countries have denied the release was in any way tied to that arrangement, or was intended as a concession to Israel.
Posted by:Steve White

#14  Well at least we didn't have to give up six senior Taliban to arrange his release.

At the time I laughed and agreed with the award.

Apparently, there were five gitmos released.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-11-15 21:09  

#13  Should have been hung as a traitor. Deserters and traitors being treated easily. Where did it all go wrong?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2015-11-15 19:00  

#12  In light of the fact this slug was motivated as much ,if not more, by greed then any sense of loyalty it seems odd Pollard has so many supporters. Kinda like that Brown fellow in Ferguson and the BLM movement I spose.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-11-15 12:40  

#11  1985-2015.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-11-15 12:32  

#10  1965=2015, More like 50 years.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2015-11-15 12:22  

#9  I take this particular case personally. I spent 15 years in the Naval Reserve Intelligence program. Most of my two week training periods were spent in Suitland, MD, where Pollard worked. Who knows, I may have even seen him in the cafeteria.

As far as I am concerned, he should have served out his sentence.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-11-15 12:09  

#8  'OK, where does he go?'
Send him to Baltimore.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-11-15 09:52  

#7  likely that this guy will go off his meds in a few months and be confined to a mental ward
Posted by: lord garth   2015-11-15 09:21  

#6  
Posted by: Punky Hatfield1507   2015-11-15 08:33  

#5  Well at least we didn't have to give up six senior Taliban to arrange his release.

Snark of the day.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-11-15 08:16  

#4  He should have hung.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-11-15 08:14  

#3  If we didn't have double standards, we would have none whatsoever. *sour face*
Posted by: Nguard   2015-11-15 05:34  

#2  Hurrah for double-standards.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-11-15 02:32  

#1  Not that I believe he should be let go, but the "information" he passed and has mental possession of is now more suitable for a Military Surplus Store.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-11-15 01:01  

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