Cicero said it best:
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
Pollard shouldn’t be treated any differently than other spies. They should all get life sentences (or a rope).
his only chance of early release is through a Presidential grant of clemency.
Sounds like a carrot, looks like a carrot, maybe
J F’n K offered it to Israel?
Compare, instead of empty posturing. How many Soviet spies got the treatment that Pollard received? How many Soviet/Cuban agents of influence have been jailed? Our institutions have been taken over by overt Communists and useful idiots. it’s been happening since the 1930s.
Pollard deserved a prison sentence, but 28 years, and still no end in sight, is completely unjust.
Let him go, Barack, even though you hate Israel and Jews, do the right thing.
According to their article, Pollard is eligible for parole in 23 months.
Allies spy on each other all the time and when caught usually get a slap on the wrist. Pollard's extremely disproportionate sentence is for no other reason than to make him an example for all Jews and their dreaded "dual loyalty."
Spied for Pakistan, got lots of jewelry, was paid.
I hope he ROTS.