​Israel Hayom: Pollard's release date changed back to November 2015
Information on U.S. Bureau of Prisons website announces Pollard would remain
in prison for life. BoP spokesman cannot confirm if change was intentional
or a mistake, stresses that release date is still conditional on approval by
parole board. [J4JP: Nonsense! Pollard's release is NOT conditional on
approval by Parole Board! The Parole Board is just a rubber stamp; the
Government calls the shots! See prefacing note.]

By Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff - Israel Hayom - October 10, 2014
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=20645

​J4JP Prefacing Note: Nothing could be more ridiculous than claiming that a
US spokesperson indicated that Pollard's release is conditional on approval
by a parole board! Pollard's release is conditional on the US government's
approval. Without it, no parole board has the authority to release him no
matter how excellently he meets all of the criteria for parole at board
level. As long as the US government blocks parole, the parole board has no
latitude to overrule and no ability to release Jonathan Pollard.
Documentation in Pollard's parole file makes it abundantly clear that,
barring an outright miracle, the US government intends to fight parole for
Pollard vigorously, now, next year, and forever. The government flip-flop
which changed Pollard's online projected release date to LIFE was calculated
and revealed the government's true intentions. It was only the intensive
questioning by media -- which had not been anticipated --- that forced the
government to switch the date back to November 21, 2015 -- a date
technically mandated by law, but one which the government has no intention
of honoring.
​===Information on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website that recently appeared
next to the name of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, announcing that he would
remain incarcerated for life, has been changed back to the original
projected release date of November 21, 2015.

The announcement that Pollard would serve a life sentence sparked a storm of
controversy in the U.S. Jewish community.

Ed Ross, spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons, noted that the 2015 date did
not guarantee an automatic release and that Pollard being paroled was
conditional on the approval of the parole board. Ross claimed that decisions
on status changes were "administrative," but clarified that he didn't know
whether the change to the site had been a mistake or intentional.

Pollard was arrested in Washington in 1985 and convicted of spying for
Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison. Pollard's supporters say he is
the only person ever sentenced to life for spying for a U.S. ally.

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a proposal that
tied Israeli acceptance of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's framework
proposal for peace talks with the Palestinians to Pollard's release.
However, as prospects for talks disintegrated, the possibility of securing
Pollard's release faded.

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