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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/345/israel_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='U.S. to Release Israeli Spy' data-article-id='665'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10250'>The lawyers for an Israeli spy said Tuesday that U.S. officials have decided to release him in November. </span> <span data-start-time='10250' data-end-time='16646'>60-year-old Jonathan Pollard will have served 30 years of a life term.</span> <span data-start-time='16646' data-end-time='28375'>The former U.S. government employee was arrested in November of 1985 when he sought asylum in Israel's embassy in Washington.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='28375' data-end-time='35396'>He was found guilty of passing military secrets to his Israeli agents. </span> <span data-start-time='35396' data-end-time='42167'>Israel apologized to the U.S. in 1987 for its part in the case. </span> <span data-start-time='42167' data-end-time='48208'>Years later it also admitted to paying Pollard for the information.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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The lawyers for an Israeli spy said Tuesday that U.S. officials have decided to release him in November. 60-year-old Jonathan Pollard will have served 30 years of a life term.The former U.S. government employee was arrested in November of 1985 when he sought asylum in Israel's embassy in Washington.
He was found guilty of passing military secrets to his Israeli agents. Israel apologized to the U.S. in 1987 for its part in the case. Years later it also admitted to paying Pollard for the information.
