cqpolitics.com - 4/20/2009
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As a number of you have pointed out, CQ reports that the NSA picked up intercepts of Jane Harman agreeing to lobby DOJ to back off charges on AIPAC's Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman in exchange for AIPAC's support of her getting the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
huffingtonpost.com - 4/25/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
The Bush administration did not inform Congress that
it had waterboarded detainees in classified briefings, after the...
agency had already done so, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) charged Thursday. Pelosi told reporters that the administration ...
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Pelosi: Bush Administration Never Briefed Congress On ...
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Harman, AIPAC Caught Negotiating Quid pro Quo in NSA Tap
Firedoglake —
... In exchange for Harman’s help, the sources said, the suspected Israeli agent pledged to help lobby Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., then-House minority leader, to appoint Harman chair of the Intelligence Committee after the 2006 elections, which the Democrats were heavily favored to win. ...
Unpacking The AIPAC Story
JustOneMinute —
... the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. Harman was recorded saying she would “waddle into” the AIPAC case “if you think it’ll make a difference,” according to two former senior national security officials familiar with the NSA transcript. In exchange for Harman’s help, the sources said, the suspected Israeli agent pledged to help lobby Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., then-House minority leader, to appoint Harman chair of the ...
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