U.S. congressional Republican leaders urged President Clinton to oppose Israel’s request to release jailed spy Jonathan Pollard. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and the chairmen of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees in a letter to Clinton said, “should Pollard be released, there is every reason to believe, based on his own statements, that he would resume his treacherous conduct.” As part of the latest Israeli-Palestinian accord, Clinton agreed to review the case of Pollard, who was sentenced in 1987 to life in prison for spying for Israel.
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