U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Clinton should not release Jonathan Pollard. Gingrich maintained that the former U.S. naval intelligence analyst has knowledge of classified secrets that he may sell to a foreign nation upon his release. The Israeli-Palestinian agreement reached last Friday was nearly scuttled by a last-minute dispute over an Israeli request that President Clinton free Pollard, who has been serving a life sentence since 1987 for spying for Israel. Clinton ultimately agreed to reconsider the request, but without making any commitments about the outcome or time frame of a decision.
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