IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 16
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Jonathan Jay Pollard should
serve his full sentence of life imprisonment and should not receive pardon,
reprieve, or any other form of executive clemency from the President
of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. NETHERCUTT submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Jonathan Jay
Pollard should serve his full sentence of life imprison-
ment and should not receive pardon, reprieve, or any
other form of executive clemency from the President
of the United States.
Whereas from September 1979 to November 1985 Jonathan
Jay Pollard worked in the intelligence offices of the
United States Navy as a civil servant with access to clas-
sified information;
Whereas between 1984 and 1985 Jonathan Jay Pollard pro-
vided classified documents to Israeli intelligence officers
and received from the officers regular payments totaling
over $45,000;
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Whereas the documents that Jonathan Jay Pollard provided
to the Government of Israel were estimated to fill a vol-
ume of 360 cubic feet of space;
Whereas these documents contained highly sensitive informa-
tion regarding military technology and intelligence capa-
bilities, and the release of these documents by Pollard
was enormously damaging to the national security inter-
ests of the United States;
Whereas press accounts have indicated that Jonathan Jay
Pollard offered to provide classified information to coun-
tries in addition to Israel;
Whereas in 1987 Jonathan Jay Pollard pleaded guilty to es-
pionage and was sentenced to life imprisonment;
Whereas in 1998 the Government of Israel admitted that
Jonathan Jay Pollard had been spying on its behalf, dis-
avowing earlier claims that the Government of Israel had
not sanctioned Pollard’s activities;
Whereas at the Wye River conference in October 1998, Presi-
dent William Jefferson Clinton agreed to review the sen-
tence imposed on Jonathan Jay Pollard;
Whereas Senator Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and Representa-
tive Porter Goss, Chairman of the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives, have strongly opposed any early release of Pollard;
Whereas four former Directors of Naval Intelligence have
issued a statement that a pardon for Jonathan Jay Pol-
lard ‘‘would send a most damaging message to the loyal
U.S. citizens who are entrusted with our national secrets,
many of whom have emotional ties to other nations but
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who, nonetheless, have taken seriously their oath to keep
our national security information secret’’;
Whereas seven former Secretaries of Defense have opposed a
pardon for Jonathan Jay Pollard;
Whereas press accounts have indicated that the Secretary of
State, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Sec-
retary of Defense each oppose leniency for Jonathan Jay
Pollard;
Whereas any release of Jonathan Jay Pollard would rep-
resent a continuing security risk to the United States be-
cause Pollard, intelligence officials believe, continues to
possess information the release of which could be harmful
to national security; and
Whereas President William Jefferson Clinton has denied two
previous requests for executive clemency with respect to
the sentence imposed on Jonathan Jay Pollard: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that Jon-
athan Jay Pollard should serve his full sentence of life
imprisonment and should not receive pardon, reprieve, or
any other form of executive clemency from the President
of the United States.
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