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The congresswoman from Venice says she didn't lobby the Justice Department on an espionage case, as reported by Congressional Quarterly. > Rep. Jane Harman denied Monday that she had contacted the Justice Department to seek leniency for employees of a pro-Israeli lobbying organization under investigation for espionage. (link)

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