Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened to prevent Jonathan Pollard from being transferred to a more dangerous unit in the U.S. prison where he is serving a life sentence for spying for Israel. The action by the candidate for U.S. senator from New York, which came in late August, is being seen as an attempt to court Jewish voters in advance of November’s election.
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