WASHINGTON — In the middle of a meeting with 15 rabbis in Boca Raton, Fla., last week, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took a punch meant for his boss.Yet, who is really speaking? Is Biden really against the release of Pollard?
One of the rabbis asked why Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy convicted in 1986, was still in prison. Mr. Biden, on a mission to shore up support for President Obama, replied forcefully, according to several people at the meeting.
“President Obama was considering clemency, but I told him, ‘Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time,’ ” Mr. Biden said. “If it were up to me, he would stay in jail for life.”
JPost:
In a press release circulated by the Justice For Jonathan organization, it is stated that the vice president gave "absolutely no clue as to the reason for his flip-flop," which contradicts a video interview he gave in 2007 in which he expressed support for Pollard's release via commutation of his sentence to time served:
By flip-flopping back and forth, and contradicting each other's position, its hard to know what the real story is, and what the US Administration's real position is on Pollard.
Regardless, he he more than served his time, and should be allowed to come home to Israel. Not one "spy" against the USA has ever served such a harsh prison term...and this is from a friendly country.
This year, grant clemency for Pollard!
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And no spy, even one working for an enemy country, did the sort of damage to the US espionage enterprise as Pollard did. That's not to say that I wouldn't be thrilled were he to be released, but he was not your run-of-the-mill spy.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that he didn't just spy for Israel.
ReplyDeleteThere is also:
Pakistan
South Africa
China
and an attempt at the USSR and Austrailia(the latter is what lead to his arrest)...
He would spy for anyone who would pay him.
Really: What total BS!
ReplyDeleteHe likely killed someone and thus a life sentence.
ReplyDeleteWhile none of us know the full details, and nor would most of us desire to, the point here is the flip flop on the part of Biden.
ReplyDeleteBiden was very clear that he did not want a pardon, but was all for fairness. Over my dead bod, is not fairness.
yoni r.: And no spy, even one working for an enemy country, did the sort of damage to the US espionage enterprise as Pollard did.
ReplyDeleteOh, really? Not John Anthony Walker? Not Aldrich Ames?? Not Robert Hanssen???
You haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.
"He likely killed someone and thus a life sentence."
ReplyDeleteThen he should have been charged with that. He was not. The crime he was charged with was relatively minor.
What you're suggesting is done in police states.
I still think Pollard should have been shot.
ReplyDeleteReally, with all due respect, I cannot understand why everyone seems to have a fly up their tuchus about that man.
Does the name 'Pollard' induce insanity?
How about the term 'spy'?
Great article. http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=240316
ReplyDeleteHey Jameel! Long time no contact. Check out my new(est) blog when you get a chance. G'mar chatima tova and hope Pollard is released ASAP--even if he's guilty of what the above bloggers are accusing him of...
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