XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.politics.british, uk.media   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1146956527.087340.246450@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,   
   Nietzsche  writes   
      
   >banana asked:   
   >   
   >>I wonder whether Jonathan Pollard will be released under the new director?   
   >   
   >A CIA director cannot release anyone after a court has passed sentence.   
   >See Article II, Sec. 2 of the US Constitution. Only the Executive   
   >"shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against   
   >the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."   
      
   Oh dear, we have an idiot.   
      
   Whether the ruling crime gang act within or outside the law is a matter   
   of expediency alone. In Paraguay, in the United States, in any country   
   you care to mention.   
      
   Do you remember the reports that George Tenet threatened to resign,   
   during the Wye River talks, if Jonathan Pollard was released? If he   
   hadn't, then what? You won't find the answer in any legal code.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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