This is an intelligence loss any way you look at it.

The requested sale of Aegis-class destroyers becomes more likely.

The requested sale of Aegis (Burke)-class destroyers becomes more likely.

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

The striking thing about this is that hair-loss syndrome is just not consistent from one valley to the next. There are places where it is much more severe and other locations where it really doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Regionally there seems to be more affected animals in Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties with low fawn-to-adult deer ratios in the spring.

There's no question about it - hair-loss syndrome is still a problem.