many believe the move would help ease tensions with israel over the iran nuclear deal but the spokesman for the national security council says there is absolutely zero linkage between mr. pollard s status and foreign policy considerations. he added, a parole board will decide whether to let pollard go. cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona shared his reaction to it. listen. it doesn t matter who he spied for. the information he gave to the israelis went way beyond the scope of the authorized exchange between the united states and israel. it s okay to tell other countries what you know but it becomes dangerous when you start telling them how you know it. you start compromising your sources and methods. and he did just that. many of the systems he compromised we have never, ever recovered from. so i understand the life sentence. so i understand he ll be released in november. i guess i m going to have to live with that. suggestions that pollard