Jailed For 23 Years, An Old Spy Asks For a Fresh Start

On his last full day as President, Mr Bush,stayed out of sight at the White House, placed a dozen telephone calls to current and former world leaders to thank them for working with him over the past eight years and for their hospitality when he visited.
The only world leader to comment on Mr Bush's outreach, Mr Peres, praised Mr Bush's support for Israel and the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying: 'Had the world acted against Hitler the way you did against Saddam Hussein, the lives of millions would have been spared.'
Because of Peres's role - as the Prime Mnister during most of the time that Pollard engaged in espionage, and as the Prime Minister who helped ensure that the US government could successfully prosecute Pollard - Peres had the moral obligation to do more than his predecessors to get Pollard out of prison. Peres's high standing in the Western world gave him the unique ability to win the ear of an administration that had not shown any interest in softening its position as to Pollard. It is apparent that Peres voice was silenced onthe Pollard affair when Mr. Bush telephoned. The saddest part is that the Israeli public ilet him get away with it. On January 19, 2009, Jonathan Jay Pollard was not listed on President George W. Bush's final list of Presidential Pardons.

How about a trade Pollards' freedom for Mordechai Vanunus' freedom. Let one leave the US and the other leave Isreal