Pelosi was Briefed on Harman's Wire Tap
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she was briefed several years ago that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) had shown up in a wiretap. Pelosi denies that she was pressured by Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban to appoint Harman chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
But then at the end of the interview, Pelosi says that Harman did not get the job because of internal term limits. She said, “The only reason Jane was not chosen is because she already had two terms. It had nothing to do with wiretaps or Iraq.”
Iraq? Who said anything about Iraq? The accusation was that Harman was to be rewarded for getting off the hook two career employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who are being tried for espionage.
Makes you wonder what Harman had to do with getting up the Iraq War, which seems to be another strand in all this. Pelosi admitted to disagreements with major campaign funder Saban over Iraq.
Curioser and curioser.
Laura Rozen has more.
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posted by Juan Cole @ 4/23/2009 12:10:00 AM
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I have to admit, I just took a deep and pleasant breath and put a warm satisfying smile on my face.
I know that is like counting my chickens before they hatch, but I'm feeling hopeful we are going to get a bumper crop of roasters.
Actually, according to the Wall Street Journal, the two AIPAC officials were "are charged with passing on classified information they received from the Bush administration to journalists and other officials."
Ummm...yeah, ISRAELI officials.
Harman voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War whereas Pelosi opposed the Iraq Resolution. So they have not been seeing "eye-to-eye" :-)
I believe that's why she mentioned Iraq so that there is no perception that she had an axe to grind
to paraphrase chairman mao zedong, this is nothing but the passing of gas.
its clever how the focus is now torture rather than the murder of countless afghans and iraqis.
regarding rep. harmon and iraq her district is/was home to many defense contractors
Jane Harman didn't get the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee because she and Pelosi don't get along--they had locked horns several times in the past--and because Harman was regarded as too hawkish; almost a Republican.
This is interesting:
http://www.aipac.org/about_AIPAC/Learn_About_AIPAC/2841.asp
Sunday, May 3
9:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Opening Plenary
Policy Conference kicks off with major addresses by top American and Israeli leaders shaping the U.S.-Israel relationship, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Plus, James Woolsey, former CIA director and Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Maj. Gen. Ido Nechustan, commander of the Israeli Air Force, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), explore the myriad foreign policy challenges facing the United States, Israel and the world.
Talk about a Freudian slip!
I'm hoping that the recent rightward swing in the Israeli government, the atrocities they recently committed, and their ridiculous spy-games they play within our country will soon drive our public opinion against the status quo (that is, total acquiescence).
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