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Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2011/01/500_americans_ask_for_clemency.html
500 Americans Ask for Clemency for Jonathan Pollard
(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - A letter signed by 500 rabbis and other prominent Jewish and non-Jewish religious leaders has been sent to President Obama urging release of Jonathan Pollard. "I have written President Obama seeking a pardon for Jonathan Pollard," said Professor Charles J. Ogletree of Harvard Law School, who was President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama's law professor. "It appears that Mr. Pollard is in prison not because of the crime he committed but due to geopolitics," said Carlos M. Salinas, former Acting Director of Government Relations for Amnesty International USA. "No human being should ever be a chit in such a game." Obama now has all the cover he could need (including the support of former national security officials), should he decide to make a gesture both to the American pro-Israel community and the Israeli people, who remain suspicious if not downright hostile toward the American president.