Washington, D.C. ? Breaking a logjam of hundreds of pent-up clemency requests, President George W. Bush Monday granted pardons to 14 people and shortened the prison terms of two others.

The majority of the felons who won leniency from Bush Monday are far from household names.

Andrew F. Harley of Falls Church, Va., was pardoned for wrongful use and distribution of marijuana and cocaine after a court-martial by the Air Force Academy in 1985 caused him to forfeit his pay and prompted his dismissal from the service. Leslie O. Collier of Charleston, Mo., had been convicted of unauthorized use of a registered pesticide.

Several other offenders who won leniency Monday were convicted of run-of-the-mill white-collar crimes such as bank embezzlement, tax evasion or accounting violations. Pardons give their recipients greater leeway to find jobs, live in public housing and vote, among other privileges.