“Based on my first-hand knowledge, I can say with confidence that the severity of Pollard’s sentence is a result of an almost visceral dislike of Israel and the special place it occupies in our foreign policy on the part of my boss at the time, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger,” Korb wrote Obama two weeks ago in a letter released to the press on Tuesday.Source
“Secretary Weinberger submitted two affidavits to the court in order to convince the judge to give Pollard a harsher sentence than the one requested by the government, despite Pollard admitting guilt, plea bargaining and cooperating with the government,” he added. “The government committed to not seeking a life sentence but due to the Weinberger affidavits, the redacted version of which I have read, Mr. Pollard received a disproportionate life sentence.”
Pollard called Korb’s letter “an unprecedented breakthrough in my case” and “the golden key to my jail cell.”
Korb gave the Pollards the green light to release the letter so the key would be put squarely in Netanyahu’s hand to seek his release.
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Pollard should have been executed for the damage 'beyond calculation' he did to his country by passing tens of thousands of military secrets to Israel, which then found its way to the USSR, leading to the exucution of Russian agents in American employ and putting the lives of thousands of US soldiers at risk.
Dear Anon: that was Aldrich Ames, not Pollard. You perhaps may not like Pollard but at last do so for the right reason.
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