(JTA) – Jonathan Pollard, 62, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, lost a bid to overturn restrictive probation conditions imposed when he was released in November after 30 years in prison. On August 11, Manhattan District Court Judge Katherine Forrest denied a challenge by Pollard to requirements imposed by the U.S. Parole Commission that he wear an electronic tracking device and submit his work computer to monitoring. Attorneys for Pollard argued that the conditions were arbitrary and he posed no flight risk, nor was he a threat to disclose secrets, as he would need to remember information from over 30 years ago that they said had no remaining value. They contended that leaving the computer restriction in place was preventing Pollard from taking an investment firm job.

But Forrest ruled that the commission had a rational basis for imposing both conditions, such as Pollard’s expressed desire to leave the United States for Israel, where his wife lives and where he was granted citizenship while in prison. She also noted that the commission also had reviewed a letter from the U.S. director of national intelligence, James Clapper, stating that documents Pollard had compromised remain classified at the levels of “top secret” and “secret.”

Eliot Lauer, a lawyer for Pollard, said he was disappointed with the ruling and his attorneys were studying it.