Casper Weinberger and others were frantic not to have Pollard released or even allowed to talk while he was imprisoned.
That’s because Pollard knew all about Weinberger and company’s making nerve gas and other chemicals in a Rockville, Maryland location
and then getting them to Saddam Hussein and Iraq during the Iran/Iraq war.
Why didn't Pollard ever apply for parole?
Some of us know the answer to that, even though nobody associated with Pollard -- including his "public defender" Rep. Eliot Engel (D-Israel) -- will ever admit it.
Weinberger said spies should be put to death.
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00552r000707060025-6