The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 27, 2015 Report: U.S. Preparing to Release Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard --------------------------------------------------------------- The Obama administration is reportedly preparing to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in a bid to appease Israel following the nuclear deal with Iran. Pollard is a former U.S. intelligence officer convicted of passing U.S. secrets to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison. .