U.S. envoy: Unlikely convicted spy Pollard will ever be released - Haaretz

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U.S. envoy: Unlikely convicted spy Pollard will ever be released

By The Associated Press

The United States ambassador to Israel said Monday it is unlikely that convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard will ever be released, adding that the fact that he has not been executed should be seen as an act of clemency by Washington.

Responding to audience questions during an academic conference, Richard Jones said Pollard's crimes appear especially heinous to many Americans because he was caught spying for a friendly power.

"It came out in the trial very clearly, Jonathan Pollard took money for what he did, he sold out his country," Jones said in comments at Bar-Ilan University. "The fact that he wasn't executed is the mercy that Jonathan Pollard will receive."

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Pollard, a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, sold military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon. He was arrested in 1985 and pleaded guilty at his trial. He is serving a life sentence in a U.S. federal prison.

"This is a very emotional issue in the United States," Jones said. "I know he was helping a friend but that's what makes it even more emotional for Americans, if a friend would cooperate in aiding and abetting someone who is committing treason against his own country."

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1.	Nonsense has he been to Sederot Lately?	15:14	\|	Sam Weinstein	21/05/07

2.	Clemency! And Ames and Hanson??	15:16	\|	Alan	21/05/07

3.	Ambassador Jones	15:16	\|	Michael	21/05/07

4.	No defense of Pollard but...	15:19	\|	newageblues	21/05/07

5.	He should have been executed	15:22	\|	Daniel Harvgrave	21/05/07

6.	At last . . .	15:34	\|	Veritas	21/05/07

7.	Time to open this to the public	15:37	\|	Ilan	21/05/07

8.	Did this ambassador ever take a law course?	15:38	\|	J man	21/05/07

9.	Well, Duh!!	15:40	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

10.	american are spying everywhere	15:40	\|	aaa	21/05/07

11.	Pollard	15:42	\|	Harris	21/05/07

12.	Friends don`t spy on friends	15:52	\|	Natallie Durson	21/05/07

13.	Rubbish	15:54	\|	David	21/05/07

14.	As an American Jew, I am ashamed	15:56	\|	Lee	21/05/07

15.	21 years in jail, an act of clemency ?	16:03	\|	freepollard	21/05/07

16.	Harris (knee jerk jerk)	16:08	\|	Natallie Durson	21/05/07

17.	# 1 Sam Weinstein	16:12	\|	Mary	21/05/07

18.	Am I missing something?	16:14	\|	Gene Whitman	21/05/07

19.	HE WILL BE RELEASED!!!	16:14	\|	VOICE of MOSHIACH)))	21/05/07

20.	Justice, Justice ...	16:17	\|	Dovid Kerner	21/05/07

21.	Wrong Friendship	16:18	\|	Mary	21/05/07

22.	Let Him Rot	16:27	\|	Abe	21/05/07

23.	# 3 Michael	16:29	\|	Mary	21/05/07

24.	He is no hero	16:33	\|	Mary	21/05/07

25.	Spying aginst unfriendly country	16:33	\|	Aharon Rosenbaum	21/05/07

26.	plenty of chinese spies in USA & Canada	16:37	\|	topanga	21/05/07

27.	There`s no denying it.......	16:37	\|	Eli	21/05/07

28.	Rubbish	16:38	\|	Al	21/05/07

29.	Mary in Boston	16:44	\|	Netanel	21/05/07

30.	Blatant USA statement	16:45	\|	Esther	21/05/07

31.	Classic Old Time State Dept. Arabist	16:46	\|	Yosemite	21/05/07

32.	Mary from Boston	16:46	\|	Netanel	21/05/07

33.	But you do T A Sheppard......	16:50	\|	Eli	21/05/07

34.	US Ambassador please go home	16:55	\|	noel	21/05/07

35.	#27 Excuse me?	16:55	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

36.	Abe #22.	16:59	\|	Eli	21/05/07

37.	Natallie Durson	17:02	\|	jerry	21/05/07

38.	Mary	17:05	\|	ernie	21/05/07

39.	Lee	17:10	\|	rich	21/05/07

40.	Plain and Simple: Jews are not equal before the law.	17:18	\|	Mike	21/05/07

41.	Sweden was selling US military technology to the USSR	17:27	\|	Absolute Sweden	21/05/07

42.	Richard Jones sounds like a great guy	17:29	\|	Chick Corea	21/05/07

43.	Not executing	17:30	\|	Brod	21/05/07

44.	What is especailly heinous to many America	17:42	\|	Alan	21/05/07

45.	Pollard was no angel...	17:47	\|	Simcha	21/05/07

46.	Treason	17:49	\|	Gordon	21/05/07

47.	to #1 Sam Weinstein	17:54	\|	harry0	21/05/07

48.	What would upset you more?	17:55	\|	Curious	21/05/07

49.	Brod #37 I a sure it is also	18:00	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

50.	BUSH HAS THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS - NOT POLLARD	18:03	\|	Simon	21/05/07

51.	I Wish There Was A Death Sentence For Bad Poetry	18:04	\|	Rowan Berkeley	21/05/07

52.	Sam Weinstein, a typical example of a modern Jew	18:06	\|	Mark B.	21/05/07

53.	No. 35	18:10	\|	W	21/05/07

54.	#38 Alan	18:11	\|	Mark B.	21/05/07

55.	No. 53 I know!	18:20	\|	TA Sheppard	21/05/07

56.	Pollard did not spy "on" America	18:20	\|	George	21/05/07

57.	Shame on the US double standard	18:22	\|	Sunny	21/05/07

58.	isnt there a prisoner exchange program?	18:24	\|	yahn goodey	21/05/07

59.	38 sweden	18:28	\|	wh	21/05/07

60.	illogical!	18:28	\|	Jon	21/05/07

61.	#6	18:36	\|	Mark	21/05/07

62.	POLLARD NEVER HAD A TRIAL (no matter what Jones says)	18:37	\|	Rob	21/05/07

63.	ENOUGH IS ENOUGH	18:46	\|	sickened	21/05/07

64.	richard jones	18:47	\|	david sandel	21/05/07

65.	Pollard should go..	18:48	\|	Lou Medel	21/05/07

66.	Richard Jones	18:48	\|	Steve	21/05/07

67.	"Ambassador" Jones` insensitive remarks	18:56	\|	Imperator	21/05/07

68.	Thank you Mr. Ambassador	18:57	\|	Jimmy	21/05/07

69.	Still a puzle	19:19	\|	misha	21/05/07

70.	Pollard and the U.S. Government	19:20	\|	US Jew	21/05/07

71.	To George (and others short on facts)	19:25	\|	Natallie Durson	21/05/07

72.	Lee #14	19:34	\|	US Jew	21/05/07

73.	Dear Mr Jones	19:42	\|	Kate	21/05/07

74.	#72 mercy? or to be your puppets?	19:51	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

75.	Free Mordechai Vanunu	20:10	\|	Fred Farkelsteinman	21/05/07

76.	#71 Longer facts	20:15	\|	Kate	21/05/07

77.	Attitude that it is not so bad for Israel to spy on US	20:17	\|	Pablo B	21/05/07

78.	Lee, the converse also applies, and don`t deny it	20:32	\|	Jake	21/05/07

79.	Pollard was never charged with treason	20:33	\|	Jake	21/05/07

80.	Vanunu is free, Frankensteinman	20:40	\|	Jake	21/05/07

81.	Natalie Durson is Lying	20:42	\|	Jake	21/05/07

82.	#74 Sheppard - Get Real!!!	20:49	\|	US JEW	21/05/07

83.	What Trial?	20:57	\|	Max Mann	21/05/07

84.	Pollard will never be realeased	21:13	\|	the cohen brother	21/05/07

85.	About Natallie	21:32	\|	Yosemite	21/05/07

86.	Pollard should not be released ever!!!	21:47	\|	Abu Ali	21/05/07

87.	Punishment He Deserves	21:52	\|	Dad	21/05/07

88.	Last Act Of Bush Should Be To Pardon Or Reduce The Sentence	21:57	\|	Yosemite	21/05/07

89.	No Natallie I am not buying....	22:06	\|	misha	21/05/07

90.	more heinous??	22:07	\|	Leon Blaustein	21/05/07

91.	For Bush Sr people Pollard was good for...	22:32	\|	misha	21/05/07

92.	Abu Ali we all will be glad if.....	22:53	\|	misha	21/05/07

93.	Israel culpable in this affair . . .	23:00	\|	Stuart	21/05/07

94.	#82 As I said........	23:37	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

95.	#88 Will never happen.....	23:39	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

96.	#91 What?????	23:41	\|	T A Sheppard	21/05/07

97.	Pollard	23:53	\|	irvin a lavine	21/05/07

98.	T A Sheppard Never?	01:33	\|	Yosemite	22/05/07

99.	#80 Say Jake; boy I like that spin,	01:56	\|	ballistic	22/05/07

100.	#98 okay.......	01:59	\|	T A Sheppard	22/05/07

101.	#88 Hey Yosemite; no, he should stay	02:01	\|	ballistic	22/05/07

102.	Misha, true	02:10	\|	Inigo Montoya	22/05/07

103.	TA SHEPPARD	02:16	\|	US JEW	22/05/07

104.	Pollard	02:17	\|	Geoff	22/05/07

105.	Jake #78	02:46	\|	American in NY	22/05/07

106.	Then why was America spying on Princes Diana?	02:50	\|	Dr David I. Gross	22/05/07

107.	Conditions of Release	03:05	\|	J Olson	22/05/07

108.	I hope not	03:13	\|	Mark Lincoln	22/05/07

109.	blame Weinberger	03:28	\|	Michael S. Hollander	22/05/07

110.	jones lied "no trial ever for Pollard"	03:56	\|	samuel	22/05/07

111.	I would pardon him in 5 years	04:15	\|	Swiss (Dino)	22/05/07

112.	Tough times for Pollard	04:28	\|	Tosefta	22/05/07

113.	#18 Gene Whitman, let me help	04:36	\|	Johnboy	22/05/07

114.	# 1 no doubt there are, sam	04:49	\|	eric	22/05/07

115.	Ballistic You Don`t Have The Whole Picture	04:52	\|	Yosemite	22/05/07

116.	Natallie Durson: Naivete (At Best) #12	04:53	\|	CHGODMK	22/05/07

117.	Ambassador Jones	05:01	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

118.	He DID Plead Guilty	05:04	\|	CHGODMK	22/05/07

119.	Lies	05:06	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

120.	Bradley Burston please copy	05:15	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

121.	Thank you #18	05:24	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

122.	# 7 hey ilan, ever stop to think that maybe	05:35	\|	eric	22/05/07

123.	Dear Mary	05:37	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

124.	J man...Pollard sentence	05:44	\|	John	22/05/07

125.	Jonathan Pollard Should Be Paroled.	05:49	\|	Johnny Weintraub	22/05/07

126.	#115 Yosemite	05:52	\|	ballistic	22/05/07

127.	Gordon from Vancouver	06:06	\|	D.R. Zukerman	22/05/07

128.	pollard	06:09	\|	Miriam	22/05/07

129.	T R E A S O N	06:24	\|	Anderson	22/05/07

130.	#119-121 D.R. Zukerman	06:38	\|	Johnboy	22/05/07

131.	#22 #17 israel bashers	06:41	\|	sam	22/05/07

132.	Jones` remarks	07:10	\|	howiej	22/05/07

133.	Natalie Durson	07:24	\|	howiej	22/05/07

134.	TREASON WAS NEVER ON THE TABLE	07:46	\|	howiej	22/05/07

135.	Conditions of Release	07:49	\|	J Olson	22/05/07

136.	re #108 `I hope not`	07:50	\|	Colin Wright	22/05/07

137.	Pollard Deserves His Fate	07:56	\|	James Richardson	22/05/07

138.	protest at Jone`s residence in Herzeliyah!!	08:21	\|	sam	22/05/07

139.	Israel`s fault	09:27	\|	Zev	22/05/07

140.	Ambassador got some balls	09:46	\|	Jens	22/05/07

141.	#117-121 Zukerman and #125 sam	09:50	\|	Johnboy	22/05/07

142.	hmmm...considering the sentiments here expressed...	10:40	\|	eric	22/05/07

143.	# 18 yeah i guess you are, gene...	10:41	\|	eric	22/05/07

144.	#138 LOL!!!	17:02	\|	T A Sheppard	22/05/07

145.	Pollard=Dual Loyalties	10:07	\|	David Torres	23/05/07

146.	To # 70 , 72 , 82 and 103 "US Jew"	18:55	\|	Henk	23/05/07

147.	To # 70 , 72 , 82 and 103 "US Jew"	19:36	\|	Henk	23/05/07

148.	Free Pollard	22:50	\|	Miransky	23/05/07