{"id":3561,"date":"2009-04-20T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:19","slug":"the-best-congress-israel-could-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/04\/20\/the-best-congress-israel-could-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Congress Israel Could Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising they were caught and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000003098436&#038;cpage=1\">this incident made public<\/a>; not so surprising this happened:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby 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.<\/p>\n<p>Harman was recorded saying she would \u201cwaddle into\u201d the AIPAC case \u201cif you think it\u2019ll make a difference,\u201d according to two former senior national security officials familiar with the NSA transcript.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for Harman\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.theatlantic.com\/2009\/04\/who_listened_to_harman_nsa_or_fbi.php\">Who Listened To Harman? NSA Or FBI?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/04\/caught-in-the-aipac.html\">Caught In The AIPAC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balloon-juice.com\/?p=20189\">Jane\u2019s sedition?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newshoggers.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/this-river-runs-deep.html\">This River Runs Deep<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/justoneminute.typepad.com\/main\/2009\/04\/unpacking-the-aipac-story.html\">Unpacking The AIPAC Story<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/washington\/2009\/04\/jane-harman-denies-cq-report-she-was-caught-on-nsa-wiretap-lobbying-for-aipac-officials.html\">Jane Harman denies CQ report she was heard on NSA wiretap lobbying for AIPAC officials<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/susiemadrak.com\/2009\/04\/20\/11\/10\/sources-wiretap-recorded-harman-promising-to-intervene-for-aipac\/\">Sources: Wiretap Recorded Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoptheaclu.com\/archives\/2009\/04\/20\/rep-harmon-recorded-making-deal-with-israeli-agents\/\">Rep. Harmon Recorded Making Deal With Israeli Agents<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/04\/20\/harman-caught-on-wiretap-bargaining-for-intervention-in-espionage-case\/\">Harman caught on wiretap bargaining for intervention in espionage case<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.thinkprogress.org\/archives\/2009\/04\/surveillance-and-political-corruption.php\">Surveillance and Political Corruption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]aipac, corruption, espionage, Jane Harman, representative Jane Harman, democrat, bribery, israeli agent, mossad, mosad, musad, israeli spy, spying, american israel political action committee, intelligence[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising they were caught and this incident made public; not so surprising this happened: Rep. 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