"Why all this 'special pleading'?"
You tell me--I'm the one favoring treating Pollard like the disloyal, oath-breaching scumbag he is. You're part of the Pollard fan club.
Is your primary loyalty to the United States, or to Israel?
No, you are advocating more punishment than he got.
Why?
Furthermore, you've shown a pronounced tendency to ignore or disdain anything exculpatory.
Why?
In my book, you are exact inverse of what you accuse Pollard skeptics of being.