Rabbi Sol asked for opinions. Here is mine...

I think Pollard should probably be released. But I also think that people should stop trying to promote him as a hero. I think that as long as Pollard and others continue to promote him this way (in his "officially authorised" website, as well as many other websites, and posts to this thread), he poses a threat because of the kind of message that is sent to other people in the intelligence community who might want to consider spying for other cuntries against their own country.

I think Pollard is his own worst enemy, along with his wife, and all of the groups who are trying to promote him as a hero. I agree with the opinion piece I posted earlier that suggested that if people really want to see Pollard released, they need to stop engaging in the kind of bellicose and shrill language that we have seen here in this thread and in many of the websites that purport to call for his release.

I think there is a high probability that Pollard has been and is being used as a political football, not only by the US government, but also by the Israeli government as well as many of the groups who are so stridently throwing around accusations that Pollard is being treated unjustly just because he is a Jew.

I think that any accusations that Pollard is being treated unjustly just because he is a Jew are scurrilous and inflamitory, and I agree with Mr Maoz (editor at The Jewish Press) that such language is highly irresponsible.

I think Pollard probably should be released, but you all are doing far more damage to his case then good. If you guys really want to see him get released, you ought to support the people who are quietly working behind the scenes to secure his release, and stop using him as your own political football.

BTW, I base most of my opinion that he should probably be released on the fact that the ACLU was willing to act on his behalf.