Via United Press International (UPI) -
U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones said that it is unlikely that Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy civilian intelligence analyst, would ever be released from jail and that the United States has been lenient with Pollard. Jones's remarks were part of an address at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and were reported in The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
"It came out in the trial very clearly, Jonathan Pollard took money for what he did, he sold out his country," Jones said, according to The Post. "The fact that he wasn't executed is the (only) mercy that Jonathan Pollard will receive."
In 1985 Pollard pleaded guilty to one count of passing classified information. Pollard worked at the Pentagon at the time. He was given a life sentence, which he is currently serving in a U.S. federal prison.
Jones said that Pollard's case was particularly disturbing for Americans because it involved Israel, a close U.S. ally.
"I know he was helping a friend, but that's what makes it even more emotional for Americans, if a friend would cooperate in aiding and abetting someone who is committing treason against his own country," Jones said.
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