February 23, 2012

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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CALLS ON OBAMA TO FREE POLLARD

Republican Congressman Robert Turner of New York recently wrote to President
Obama and asked that he commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence to time served
(the full text of the letter appears below and a copy is attached).

The Congressman recently met with Jonathan Pollard in prison and pledged to
do whatever he could to support the numerous calls for clemency that have
been made to date.

In his correspondence to the President, Turner focuses on Pollard's grossly
disproportionate sentence. He acknowledges that other American officials
have cited additional reasons for the commutation of Pollard's sentence to
time served, but states that for him the disproportionate nature of
Pollard's sentence is the single most compelling reason that Pollard must be
freed.

"Jonathan Pollard has served 26 years in federal prison for his crime, and
questions exist regarding the disparity between the length of his sentence
and those convicted of similar crimes," Turner wrote in his letter to the
President. "He has repeatedly expressed remorse for his actions, and by all
accounts has served as a model prisoner."

"I believe the length of Jonathan Pollard's incarceration has satisfied the
demands of justice and has been sufficient to deter those who might
otherwise be tempted to engage in such criminal acts," continued Turner.
"The commutation of sentence to time served would, therefore, be an
appropriate exercise of compassion and executive discretion."

Congressman Turner, who was elected in September 2011 to represent New
York's 9th Congressional District, is the first Republican to be elected to
that Congressional seat since the 1920's. Turner, who served in the United
States Army in the 1960's, currently serves on the House Committee on
Homeland Security, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Turner's letter to President Obama comes in the wake of numerous calls for
clemency for Pollard from prominent government officials, high-ranking
individuals in the national intelligence arena, leading professionals in the
legal world, and renowned religious and communal leaders.

The major decision makers who were intimately involved in the Pollard case
and who were most informed on the impact of Pollard's actions have issued
public calls for Pollard's release, including former Secretary of State
George Shultz, former Senator David Durenberger, who served as Chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at the time of Pollard's
conviction, former Congressman Lee Hamilton, who served as Chairman of the
House Intelligence Committee at the time of Jonathan Pollard's sentencing,
former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb, and former National
Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, who served under President Ronald Reagan
at the time when Pollard was investigated and ultimately charged with
disclosing classified information to an ally without intent to harm the
United States.

In addition, former CIA Director James Woolsey and former Chairman of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Senator Dennis DeConcini, each of
whom reviewed the classified intelligence reports about the Pollard case,
have publically called for Pollard's release.

Former White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum and former Deputy Attorney
General and Harvard Law Professor Philip Heymann, each of whom is fully
aware of all of the contents of Pollard's classified file and with the facts
and circumstances of this case, have long been on record calling for
Pollard's release.

In addition, some of the other prominent American leaders who have called
for clemency for Pollard include former U.S. Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger, former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Attorney General Michael
Mukasey, Republican Senator John McCain, and Democratic Senator Charles
Schumer.

Further, a bi-partisan group of eighteen prominent former United States
Senators, including four of whom are former Chairmen of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence and one of whom is a former U.S. Attorney and
well-known federal prosecutor, recently called on President Obama to commute
Pollard's sentence.

Jonathan Pollard has spent more than 26 years of an unprecedented life
sentence languishing in a federal prison for passing classified information
to Israel, an ally of the United States. The median sentence for this
offense is 2 to 4 years. No one else in the history of the United States
has ever received a life sentence for this offense.

Pollard has repeatedly expressed his remorse publicly and in private in
letters to many Presidents and others. His health has deteriorated
significantly during his more than two-and-a-half decades in prison.

Despite the fact that Pollard entered into a plea agreement and fully
cooperated with the prosecution in his case, he nonetheless received a life
sentence and a recommendation that he never be paroled, which was in
complete violation of the plea agreement he had reached with the government.

The following is the text of the Congressman Turner's letter to President
Obama:

February 17, 2012

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20500

Re: Clemency for Jonathan Pollard

Dear Mr. President,

I am writing today to join the long list of Members of Congress, former
Cabinet members, diplomats, religious leaders and other distinguished
Americans urging you to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard and commute his
sentence to time served.

I will not minimize the severity of Jonathan Pollard's crime nor his guilt,
nor will I cast any aspersions upon the process by which he was convicted
and sentenced. While others have raised concerns regarding these issues, a
grant of clemency does not concern such matters.

Jonathan Pollard has served 26 years in federal prison for his crime, and
questions exist regarding the disparity between the length of his sentence
and those convicted of similar crimes. He has repeatedly expressed remorse
for his actions, and by all accounts has served as a model prisoner.

I believe the length of Jonathan Pollard's incarceration has satisfied the
demands of justice and has been sufficient to deter those who might
otherwise be tempted to engage in such criminal acts. The commutation of
sentence to time served would, therefore, be an appropriate exercise of
compassion and executive discretion.

In light of the above, I ask that you grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard.
Thank you for your kind consideration.

Respectfully yours,

Robert L. Turner

Member of Congress

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