US denies Pollard-Barghouti release deal

Last night I told you all that a deal was afoot to exchange Marwan Barghouti for Jonathan Pollard. This morning, I supplemented that post to tell you why I thought the deal makes sense. The US is now denying that any such deal exists. According to Army Radio, which first broke the story last night, the US embassy released a statement saying that, "the case is closed, and Pollard was serving his