system. and any computers he uses, even for work, are subject to monitoring and inspection. still, pollard is a free man with many friends, including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who wants the u.s. to release pollard to israel wb many consider him a hero. the people of israel welcome the release of jonathan pollard. as someone who raised his case before successive u.s. presidents many times. i long for this day. pollard was a naval intelligence analyst who was convicted of selling intelligence secrets to israel. he was arrested on november 21st, 1985, outside the israeli embassy in washington. where he was seeking asylum. and then was sentenced to life in federal prison in 1987. pollard was paroled this summer. his case sometime strained u.s. and israeli relations over the years and was used as a barkening chip in some political negotiations bargaining chip. the question now, will israeli