Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson responded: "We look forward to
discussing this invitation with Mrs. Pollard, or Mr. Pollard's
representatives."
New York Post-September 2, 2000
NOW, LET'S TALK CLEMENCY
By GREGG BIRNBAUM
EXCLUSIVE
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard's wife wrote to Hillary Rodham
Clinton yesterday, seeking a meeting "as soon as possible" to
discuss clemency for her husband, The Post has learned.
A "grateful" Esther Pollard contacted Clinton "wife to wife"
after The Post reported Thursday that the Democratic Senate
candidate moved to block Pollard's transfer to a potentially
dangerous unit in the federal prison where he is serving a life
sentence.
Mrs. Pollard said Clinton's actions on behalf of her husband
demonstrated for the first time that the first lady cares about
his welfare.
"It is my hope that, upon further discussion, wife to wife, your
humanitarian concern for the fate of my husband may be publicly
expressed in more specific terms as a concern for judicial
equity, due process and the rule of law," Mrs. Pollard wrote,
referring to the possibility of clemency.
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson responded: "We look forward to
discussing this invitation with Mrs. Pollard, or Mr. Pollard's
representatives."
Mrs. Pollard, who lives in Canada, is in regular telephone
contact with her husband, who is incarcerated at Butner federal
prison in North Carolina.
A former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who passed military
secrets to Israel, Pollard pleaded guilty to spying and has been
behind bars for 15 years.
Israel has admitted Pollard was a spy for the Jewish state and
has sought his freedom. The Pollard case also has become an issue
in the Senate race, where Jewish votes are crucial.
Under a special arrangement because of concerns about his safety,
Pollard has been housed for the past seven years in a small unit
used primarily to house sex offenders.
His supporters feared prison officials, for budgetary reasons,
were about to transfer him to a unit housing more-violent
inmates, and that Pollard might face attack.
Mrs. Pollard, who declined to discuss the letter, said in it that
she was disturbed the issue of her husband being moved within the
prison had become public.
"If a silver lining is to be found, perhaps it is that I am aware
for the first time of your humanitarian interest in my husband's
welfare," she wrote to Clinton.
Pollard's supporters, including state Assemblyman Dov Hikind
(D-Brooklyn), have urged Clinton to support clemency for Pollard,
arguing his sentence is much harsher than terms other spies have
received.
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