U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is concerned about the use of secret evidence in the case of Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. naval analyst serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison for spying for Israel. In a televised debate, her Republican opponent, Rep. Rick Lazio, sidestepped the question of whether he believed Pollard should be pardoned and criticized President Clinton for not yet making a decision whether to grant Pollard clemency.
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