Government: Convicted Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard's Secrets Still Threaten National Security

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: December 14, 2015 - 5:31 pm
Last Updated: December 14, 2015 - 5:32 pm

NEW YORK — The federal government says most of the information convicted spy Jonathan Pollard had and passed along to Israel 30 years ago remains top secret and could gravely harm national security.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Tinio spoke in Manhattan federal court Monday after Judge Katherine Forrest asked if he still possesses top-secret information.

The judge is considering his lawyers' request to relax parole conditions after his release from prison last month. They say what he knows is no longer valuable. Parole conditions include monitoring of his computer and his whereabouts, along with a curfew.

Forrest said a one-page explanation from the U.S. Parole Commission supporting the conditions is insufficient. She says she will await a better explanation before deciding whether they are appropriate.

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