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Source: http://jta.org/news/article/2008/12/05/1001369/pres-con-calls-for-pollard-pardon
Presidents Conference Calls for Pollard Pardon
[JTA] The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has asked President Bush to pardon Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. navy analyst who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel. "It's time that he be released," said executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein. "He has expressed remorse." Pollard's pardon is opposed by the U.S. intelligence community; however, presidents on the brink of retirement often feel freer to take up controversial pardons.