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Fireweed247 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 12:09 PM
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Did Rep. Harman Make A Deal Over Spy Case?

Harman's response to the allegations has been fascinating to watch, in large part because she has been careful not to explicitly repudiate the charges. Her office said that Harman "never contacted the Justice Department about its prosecution of present or former AIPAC employees, and the Justice Department never informed her that she was or is the subject of or involved in an investigation."

Note that Harman said she never went through with the alleged deal. But she did not deny that she worked it out in the first place.

Harman spoke to National Public Radio about the matter; in the conversation, she expressed outrage that she had been subject to a wiretap. (Presumably, the person Harman was speaking to, reportedly a suspected Israeli agent under investigation, was the one being tapped, not the representative.) She brushed off questions about whether or not she remembered the conversation, called for the full transcripts to be released to her, and complained she was not informed of the investigation.

Harman added that she "can't recall with any specificity a conversation I may have had four years ago" and questioned whether the conversation ever took place. But at one point, she also said "the person I was talking to was an American citizen" – a comment that would seem to suggest some memory of a conversation.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4961571.shtml
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