[SJackson]

FYI. Dighton, incomplete hatchet ping ;).

You missed amishDude, Catspaw, Knighthawk, and long cut. Been a long time, you're getting old.

[Catspaw]

I am SOOOOO hurt, Cachie.

[AmishDude]

You've got the wrong guy. I think Pollard should rot. It doesn't matter if he gave secret info to the Lion's Club. Once classified information leaves the national security apparatus, it is "in play" -- anybody can get their hands on it. Israel has no motives to keep US top secret information secret. To use a metaphor, they can just leave the folder open on somebody's desk.

The specifics of the information Pollard passed on or the fact that the recipient was a close US ally or even the fact that Pollard (despite receiving money) was motivated by ideology or motivated by outrage over the violation of an international agreement -- all of these are irrelevant to the issue at hand. This mitigates his case and merely keeps him from being blindfolded and getting a final cigarette.

It doesn't matter if he gave top secret toilet seat specs to the Lion's Club. The act of spying is the issue here -- nothing more.