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Elie Wiesel, Edgar Bronfman Sr., and Alan Dershowitz--a holy trinity of North American Jews--recently implored the president to grant Pollard clemency.
Chatterbox has also been brooding a bit about Bush's mocking remarks to Talk's Tucker Carlson about pleas for clemency from Karla Faye Tucker, the Texas axe-murderess who was executed last year.
A NYT front-page story based on those same documents paints a diametric picture, reporting that Justice took extraordinary steps to maximize the terrorists' chances for clemency, including the highly unusual step of making their applications for them and having supporters persuade them to write statements of repentance.
As for Hillary's belated disagreement with her husband over the clemency, even her defenders--such as Capital Gang's Al Hunt--note that the move has only confirmed the stereotype of Hillary as tin-eared and imperious.
Inside pieces at the WP and NYT report that Clinton national security officials including Madeleine Albright and the director of the CIA have recommended that Clinton deny clemency to convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.