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Pollard was jailed for the very reason we are about to go to war with Iraq today.

No, he was not. Pollard was jailed for a very specific reason: he was a professional in a position of high trust who knew precisely what the rules were. He signed multiple copies of agreements detailing specifically what he could not do and what would happen to him if he did. He deliberately, knowingly released information entrusted to him (and for which many people risked their lives) to a foreign government - it does not matter which one or why. The penalty is life in prison. Death if in wartime. This is not a surprise, nor is it disproportionate, it's exactly what he knew he was risking and now he has to pay the price. All of it.

No, he was not. Pollard was jailed for a very specific reason: he was a professional in a position of high trust who knew precisely what the rules were. He signed multiple copies of agreements detailing specifically what he could not do and what would happen to him if he did. He deliberately, knowingly released information entrusted to him (and for which many people risked their lives) to a foreign government - it does not matter which one or why. The penalty is life in prison. Death if in wartime. This is not a surprise, nor is it disproportionate, it's exactly what he knew he was risking and now he has to pay the price. All of it.

Well said. Thank you.

He did the crime; he should shut his piehole and do the time.