Obama's Harvard mentor asks him to free Pollard
Charles Ogletree, a professor who mentored President Obama at Harvard Law School, has written a letter to the President asking him to free Jonathan Pollard.Ogletree, who directs the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard, was Obama's professor and his wife Michelle's and the president still considers him his mentor and friend.Will Obama listen?
"I have written President Obama seeking a pardon for Jonathan Pollard," Ogletree wrote. "I hope the president grants the wishes of many who have supported a pardon for Mr. Pollard." White House and State Department officials said Wednesday that they had received Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's letter requesting clemency for Pollard and were considering the matter.
"We have received the letter and will review it," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said, declining to provide a timeframe or any further details on the review process.
Similarly, State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said the State Department had received the letter but refrained from commenting further.
Labels: Barack Obama, Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, Jonathan Pollard
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:18 AM
3 Comments:
plz note letter and American supporters here are asking for release or pardon while recognizing Pollard's offense in violating his security oath--they are not championing turning over secrets by American jews to Israel out of ahavas Yisroel--from Commentary Lvini ordered Kadima to vote against Bibi's letter (tho' Knesset speech went other way)--so this gives Obama cover/incentive to keep Pollard on ice
www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/evelyn-gordon/385650
for 8 years, your bud bush didnt release pollard
really think that obama is going to?
aint gonna happen
and trust me...if a republican wins in 2012, that guy wont release pollard either
Ogletree (a Percy Sutton letter recipient) probably's got all sorts of goods on Obama, it just might happen
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