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Henry Kissinger Calls On President Obama To Free Jonathan Pollard
Yeshiva World ^ | 3/7/11 | staff

Posted on 03/07/2011 2:40:06 PM PST by Nachum

As the calls for clemency for Jonathan Pollard continue to intensify, Henry A. Kissinger, an elder statesman, well-respected diplomat, and experienced member of the United States intelligence community, has become the latest American governmental leader to issue a public call for Pollard’s release. Pollard has spent more than 25 years languishing in a federal prison for passing classified information to Israel, an ally of the United States.

Kissinger, who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he commute Pollard’s sentence to time served (the full text of the letter appears below and a copy is attached).

Like former Congressman Lee Hamilton, who also recently called on the President to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard, Kissinger has served as a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which is a nonpartisan and independent body of the Intelligence Community that has full access to the complete range of intelligence-related information. Kissinger was a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board at the time of Pollard’s sentencing.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calls; clemency; espionage; henry; henrykissinger; israel; jonathanpollard; kissinger; nsa; pollard; president; turnaboutfairplay; waronterror
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To: PhilDragoo
Maybe a swap for the CIA agent is in the works and a third party and maybe a fourth or fifth are involved. Quid pro quo all around. Kissinger is doing the asking so our gov. does not appear to be involved in the very idea of Pollard's release. A really long shot / wild guess. The thought just hit me so I'm going with it.
61 posted on 03/09/2011 1:35:35 AM PST by freepersup (Today, we raise our glasses of spirits and mugs of ale high- to Budge.)
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To: RichInOC

I see what you did there.


62 posted on 03/09/2011 3:55:45 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: SunkenCiv

Are you one of the ones in the know? Don’t explain. I don’t want to know state secrets.


63 posted on 03/09/2011 4:07:53 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: freepersup
We've seen that before.

Russia-US spy swap in the works? Three famous swaps

64 posted on 03/09/2011 12:52:43 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: TheOldLady

I won’t give up my plausible deniability. ;’)


65 posted on 03/09/2011 6:14:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The plausible deniability is all yours. ;-)


66 posted on 03/09/2011 6:21:01 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: Nachum

I’d rather jail Kissinger than free Pollard.


67 posted on 03/09/2011 6:27:57 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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