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Thread ID: 14704 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2004-08-13
2004-08-13 04:19 | User Profile
From Arutz Sheva: [url]http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=67252[/url]
**US Congressmanôs Appeal On Behalf Of Pollard **
20:15 Aug 12, '04 / 25 Av 5764
American Congressman and Democratic Whip Anthony D. Weiner, representing New York's Queens and Brooklyn boroughs, is requesting that the White House pardon jailed Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard.
"Mr. President, the time has come to free Jonathan Pollard. As he celebrates his 50th birthday in jail, I respectfully urge you to grant him clemency and send him home to Israel," Rep. Weiner wrote in an August 7th letter to US President George Bush.
The following are further excerpts from Mr. Weiner's letter:
"Today is Mr. Pollard's 50th birthday. This is the 19th year he has celebrated his birthday in prison. No other person convicted of espionage on behalf of an United States ally has ever been imprisoned for so long.
"Mr. Pollard has admitted he broke U.S. laws. He has expressed sorrow for what he did. Mr. Pollard cooperated fully with the investigation into his activities and he waived his right to a jury trial. He has served more than enough time for the crime of passing information to an ally.
"The life sentence which Jonathan Pollard is now serving is not a reflection of the severity of the crimes he committed, but rather the result of ineffective counsel.
"...I hope that your administration will ensure that Mr. Pollard's security-cleared legal counsel is given an opportunity to review [sentencing] documents so that they can present an effective and viable clemency application...."
Representative Weiner, whom the Forward newspaper has called one of the 50 most influential Jewish Americans, made headlines on Israel National News two years ago, when, in honor of missing IDF soldier Guy Hever's birthday, he delivered a speech in Congress saying, "[The US] government should be far more aggressive in demanding the release of Israel's missing men. Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, is our closest ally in that region. In 1991, when Americans were held hostage in Lebanon, Israel went to extraordinary lengths to help secure the release of those hostages. As Syria and others in the region who have benefited from American aid and military assistance equivocate as to whether to assist America in its war on international terror, Israel has always been by our side."
2004-08-13 07:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Centinel]American Congressman and Democratic Whip Anthony D. Weiner, representing New York's Queens and Brooklyn boroughs, is requesting that the White House pardon jailed Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard.
"Mr. President, the time has come to free Jonathan Pollard. As he celebrates his 50th birthday in jail, I respectfully urge you to grant him clemency and send him home to Israel," Rep. Weiner wrote in an August 7th letter to US President George Bush.
"Today is Mr. Pollard's 50th birthday. This is the 19th year he has celebrated his birthday in prison. No other person convicted of espionage on behalf of an United States ally has ever been imprisoned for so long.
"Mr. Pollard has admitted he broke U.S. laws. He has expressed sorrow for what he did. Mr. Pollard cooperated fully with the investigation into his activities and he waived his right to a jury trial. He has served more than enough time for the crime of passing information to an ally.
"The life sentence which Jonathan Pollard is now serving is not a reflection of the severity of the crimes he committed, but rather the result of ineffective counsel."[/QUOTE]
Pollard should count himself fortunate he didn't get the same treatment Julius and Ethel Rosenberg got; he certainly deserved it. One can call "Israel"/occupied Palestine an "ally" all one likes, but as a matter of objective fact, while we are certainly that regime's most important ally, there is no evidence they have ever been ours. It is my understanding that approximately a dozen American operatives were tortured to death in the basement of a KGB prison in Moscow, due to the treason of Pollard. The very idea he deserves to be freed is most disgusting. I have little doubt that Dumbya will pardon him come December, after he's been beaten by Jonah Kohn (the fact that a Bush victory would mean another 4 years in the Federal pen for Pollard is just about the only conceivable reason to hope for a Bush victory). I'm frankly surprised Klinton didn't pardon him, when he pardoned Marc Rich and seemingly most of the other Jews in Federal custody....
2004-08-17 06:33 | User Profile
[QUOTE]"Mr. President, the time has come to free Jonathan Pollard. As he celebrates his 50th birthday in jail, I respectfully urge you to grant him clemency and [u]send him home to Israel,"[/u] Rep. Weiner wrote in an August 7th letter to US President George Bush.[/QUOTE]
Poor choice of words on Weiner's part despite being true. He certainly isn't an American in my eyes.
[QUOTE]It is my understanding that approximately a dozen American operatives were tortured to death in the basement of a KGB prison in Moscow, due to the treason of Pollard.[/QUOTE]
Your understanding is correct. Our "ally," Israel shared the information with the Soviets.
2004-08-20 19:50 | User Profile
HL is a proud constituent of the Weiner. I'm thinking of asking him to start working for Hale's freedom.