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Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Wed May 24, 2017 | 11:54am EDT
Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions
By Jonathan Stempel | NEW YORK
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, to relax his parole conditions.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission acted within its discretion in requiring Pollard to wear an electronic tracking device, obey a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and allow his computers to be monitored.
Pollard, 62, was paroled in November 2015 after serving 30 years of a life sentence for espionage.
He had said the parole conditions were too severe because he was neither a flight risk, nor a threat to disseminate or even remember classified information he learned decades ago. Pollard also said the conditions have prevented him from getting a job.
But the court said parole officials could consider both Pollard's alleged "propensity to dissemble," as well as the assessment by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper that documents compromised by Pollard remained classified.
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Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions
By Jonathan Stempel | NEW YORK
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, to relax his parole conditions.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission acted within its discretion in requiring Pollard to wear an electronic tracking device, obey a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and allow his computers to be monitored.
Pollard, 62, was paroled in November 2015 after serving 30 years of a life sentence for espionage.
He had said the parole conditions were too severe because he was neither a flight risk, nor a threat to disseminate or even remember classified information he learned decades ago. Pollard also said the conditions have prevented him from getting a job.
But the court said parole officials could consider both Pollard's alleged "propensity to dissemble," as well as the assessment by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper that documents compromised by Pollard remained classified.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-pollard-idUSKBN18K1VS
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