I just received the following email thread regarding calling the White House about granting clemency to Jonathan Pollard...I am posting the email as I received it...


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> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:16 AM
> Subject: White House Operator: Most calls are for Jonathan Pollard
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>> White House Operator: Most calls are for Jonathan Pollard
>> J4JPnews - January 8, 2009
>>
>> Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA received the following email message and he
>> forwarded it to J4JP
>> We are sharing it with you with permission of the writer.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Juditha
>> To: IMRA
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:54 PM
>> Subject: FYI
>>
>> Aaron-
>> I just called the White House- couldn't get through to the comments
>> line -it
>> has been busy for days!!!- but did get through to a general operator who
>> told me that for the past 2 weeks the majority of calls they have been
>> receiving have been on behalf of Jonathan Pollard-- and the President is
>> very aware of the fact that thousands of people around the world care
>> about
>> seeing him pardoned/freed...so I said to her tell him to act on it!!!!
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>>
>> J4JP thanked IMRA and the writer for the information and asked if we
>> might
>> share the email with others. Here's the response we received, with a
>> great
>> suggestion about how to ratchet up the number of phone calls to the White
>> House:
>>
>>
>> Reply:
>>
>> By all means- it was, of course, an "unofficial report" from an operator
>> but
>> obviously one on whom the number of calls has made quite an
>> impression....methinks we should redouble the efforts and really blast
>> them
>> and if the 1111 number is busy call through the alternate one and
>> unofficially leave a message....anyway---Best regards to you both
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>>
>> J4JP thinks this is a great idea! Let's do it! Here's how it works:
>> If you are having trouble getting through to the comment line, call the
>> main
>> switchboard instead at 202-456-1414 and speak with the operator. Tell the
>> operator that you have been trying to get through to the comment line to
>> leave a message for President Bush to free Jonathan Pollard, but have not
>> been able to. Ask if you can leave the message with the main switchboard
>> operator. If there are enough calls, they will get the message, one way
>> or
>> another! And keep trying the comment line too: 202-456-1111 too!
>>
>> The calls for Jonathan's release are counted, and every call counts!
>> Let's
>> really redouble our efforts now as we are coming into the home stretch!
>>
>> Here are the numbers again:
>>
>> Call the White House for Jonathan Pollard!
>>
>> DIAL: 202-456-1414 or 202-456-1111
>> Monday to Friday 9 AM to 5 PM EDST
>>
>> From Israel, call toll-free: 077-566-4305
>> Israel Time: 4 PM to Midnight
>>
>> Leave a message for President George Bush:
>> Free Jonathan Pollard now!