1998. four past directors of naval intelligence wroed in an op-ed that pollard, quote, offered classified information to three other countries before working for the israelis, and that he offered his services to a fourth country while he was spying for israel. that same year, cia director george tenet threatened to resign if clinton frees pollard. still, pollard supporters say the secrets he reveals were about potential israeli adversaries, pakistan, and the soviet union, not the united states. late today, president aboabbas signed an application to move the u.s. and the israelis had been trying to avoid. abbas said time had run out on israel s promise to free the palestinian prisoners. secretary of state kerry said it s premuchur to write off the peace process. russia is turning the screws on ukraine. it s sharply increasing the price of natural gas, raising the heat on ukraine s
get ahead of the work that secretary kerry is doing. pollard is a jewish american who pleaded guilty to spying for israel in 1985. every president since reagan has refused to free him, though last year, president obama acknowledged israeli concerns. i recognize that and i m sympathetic. my first obligation is to observe the law here in the united states. right here, kerry is trying to convince israel to release a fourth group of palestinian prisoners to get palestinian leaders to stay at the talks and not ask the u.n. general assembly to not ask as recognition as a state, but many feel pollard s freedom shouldn t be traded so cheaply. if you said to netanyahu, i ll let pollard go if in fact you and the palestinians can come to terms on one or two of the permanent status issues, that s worth a deal. some u.s. officials say it wasn t his loyalty to israel that led him to sell secrets with the promise of more in