Jonathan Pollard loses his job due to parole conditions
Former spy for Israel, who was released from an American prison last week
after 30 years, received an offer to become a research analyst.
By GIL HOFFMAN - The Jerusalem Post 11/23/2015 22:12
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jonathan-Pollard-loses-his-job-due-to-parole-conditions-435109

NEW YORK – An employer who had intended to give a salaried position to
Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard retracted the offer Monday, because the
conditions of his parole would have prevented him from doing his job.

Pollard received an offer to become a research analyst in the finance
department of a respected investment firm. But his parole conditions require
him to wear an electronic ankle bracelet at all times for GPS tracking of
his whereabouts and to be subjected to unfettered monitoring and inspection
of his computers and those of his employer.

He cannot leave his home in New York City before 7 a.m. or come home after 7
p.m., which makes it difficult to travel to and from work, to attend prayer
services, or to accept invitations to dinner on the Sabbath and holidays
from friends and relatives.

Speaking at the Louis Brandeis award dinner of the ZOA in New York on Sunday
night, Pollard’s attorney, Eliot Lauer, said that due to the conditions, his
client is “still not free,” despite leaving prison on Friday after serving
30 years of a life sentence. He asked the Jewish community to continue to
struggle for Pollard’s freedom.

“The parole commission’s unnecessary conditions make it virtually impossible
for him to obtain a normal job in New York City,” Lauer said. “The employer
who offered him work took back the offer because federal authorities asked
to install monitoring devices in the company’s computer system if it
employed him.”

Pollard must also answer every phone call or knock on his door in the middle
of the night, because it could be a test by a parole officer that if failed
could lead to him being sent back to prison.

The Free Pollard campaign continued to ask Knesset members on Monday to
refrain from criticizing the conditions of his parole and to leave the
battle to his attorneys who are trying to obtain a date for a hearing before
a district court judge in New York as soon as possible. At least a dozen
MKs, including Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi), rejected that
request and released statements Friday criticizing the conditions.

“Everyone must display responsibility and restraint in hopes that it will
lead to improving the situation on the legal track,” a campaign spokesman
said.