{"id":1974,"date":"2009-04-21T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2009-04-21T16:57:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:57:05","slug":"rep-harman-seeks-release-of-aipac-transcripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/21\/rep-harman-seeks-release-of-aipac-transcripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Harman Seeks Release of AIPAC Transcripts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124033042420239451.html\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a> transcripts of her recorded phone conversations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Jane Harman asked the Justice Department to release  transcripts of her recorded conversations following published reports she was  caught on tape agreeing to seek leniency for two pro-Israeli lobbyists under  investigation for espionage.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder sent Tuesday morning, Ms. Harman,  the former top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said the  eavesdropping on her conversations were an &#8220;abuse of power.&#8221; The California  lawmaker also denied contacting law-enforcement agencies to influence the Bush  administration&#8217;s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me be absolutely clear: I never contacted the Department of Justice, the  White House or anyone else to seek favorable treatment regarding national  security cases on which I was briefed, or any other cases,&#8221; she wrote in the  letter.<\/p>\n<p>According to the published accounts, first reported by Congressional  Quarterly, Ms. Harman appears to agree to push for leniency for the two  employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in exchange for help  gaining the chairmanship of the intelligence committee. The recordings were  reportedly made by the National Security Agency. It isn&#8217;t clear precisely what  the agency was monitoring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/caught-on-tape-jane-harman-aipac\/\" target=\"_self\">yesterday<\/a> that I thought there was something fishy about this leak and I still do&#8230; Most of the allegations in this story were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1549069,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> by Time Magazine in 2006 and there doesn&#8217;t appear to be much of anything new here.<\/p>\n<p>You can read Rep. Harman&#8217;s letter <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/washwire\/2009\/04\/21\/letter-to-holder-harman-seeks-release-of-spy-case-transcripts\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/21\/pelosi-denies-being-threatened-harman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pelosi: No threat for Harman appointment<\/a> &#8211; Washington Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2009\/04\/20\/bush_era_cia_officials_push_back\" target=\"_blank\">Bush-era CIA officials push back<\/a> &#8211; Laura Rozen, Foreign Policy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/politics\/article\/2009\/04\/20\/1004472\/why-the-harman-leaks-smell-to-high-heaven\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Harman leaks smell to high heaven<\/a> &#8211; Ron Kampeas, JTA.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to release transcripts of her recorded phone conversations: WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Jane Harman asked the Justice Department to release transcripts of her recorded conversations following published reports she was caught on tape agreeing to seek leniency for two pro-Israeli lobbyists under investigation for espionage. 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Jane Harman (D-CA) and former attorney general Alberto Gonzales have a lot explaining to do: Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1994,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/pelosi-knew-about-harman-wiretap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1974,"position":1},"title":"Pelosi Knew About Harman Wiretap","author":"Jeff","date":"April 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Roll Call is reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed about the NSA wiretap's that caught Rep. 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