Number: RS20001
Title: JONATHAN POLLARD: BACKGROUND AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY
Authors: Richard A. Best, Jr., and Clyde Mark, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: On several occasions Israeli Prime Ministers requested that President Clinton grant clemency to Pollard, but the Clinton Administration ended without a reprieve. It is likely that the Israeli government will raise the issue again and some U.S. groups continue to advocate Pollard's release. Those who oppose clemency argue that Pollard's spying exposed U.S. intelligence methods and personnel, that the Pollard case is not related to the peace process, that who he spied for is irrelevant, and that the judges' sentence was justified by the magnitude of the crime.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated January 31, 2001