After nearly 30 years in prison Jonathan Pollard is being paroled. Pollard, an american citizen was sentenced for life for spying on israel. And critics say that hes a traitor who should remain in prison. And Mike Viqueira joins us live from washington d. C. And did the white house play a role in getting pollard paroled . It insists that it did not. And senior officials in the department of justice say that this was a mandatory parole, dick tainted by the laws of the time in 1985 when Jonathan Pollard was arrested, when he tried to enter in washington d. C. Passing off what was described as an incredibly large quantity of classified information. And sparked fierce passions ever since erica as you know. But at the time, the laws in 1985 stated, under the sentencing guideline that an individual convicted of this crime would be released after 30 years mandatory parole unless there was something that they had done in prison, behavior that would have mandated them staying longer, and pollar
Ever come. Making history for women in the nfl. What the break there means for the game. Plus dillon goes electric. 50 years later the day that changed music. Diplomacy figured prominently with Jonathan Pollard. There is no question that he spied for israel, and there is no question that americas ally pushed for decades to release him from prison. Today pollard and his supporters got his wish with the announcement that hell be paroled in november. Given the contentious relationship between the two countries in the wake of the Iran Nuclear Deal, many people question the timing. First, Mike Viqueira is in washington. Mike . Well, john, the white house insists that the Iran Nuclear Deal plays no role in pollards parole. There is a mandatory parole after 30 years. The only thing that would is stopped it if he posed a threat or misbehaved in prison and gotten his time extended. The meeting today agreed that on november 21st Jonathan Pollard will be released in a case that has caused fierce
Ignorance as he is hit with Death Threats. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im paul beban. A key u. S. Ally in the fight against isil is stepping up its attacks against kurdish fighters. Turkish jets targeted the kurdish rebel group the p. K. K. Inside turkey today. So far turkey has only attacked them in iraq. The move comes days after turkey stepped up airstrikes against isil. Bernard smith is in turkey in the kurdish city. How is that move by turkey complicating the fight against isil . We already know that in fact the u. S. Has said that the introduction of turkey into this fight against isil, turkey allowing the u. S. To use bases in turkey is a gamechanger, because it means u. S. Fighter jets dont have to fly hours away down from the gulf and now just a couple of hundred miles to hit isil targets in syria. The concern of the u. S. And nato partners is if the p. K. K. Gets drawn into the fight with turkey turkey and the p. K. K. Start fighting all o
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