Pelosi Now Remembers Harman Wiretap

April 22, 2009, 2:54 pm
Pelosi Now Remembers Harman Wiretap
By David M. Herszenhorn

Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged today that she had indeed been briefed about a wiretap that recorded conversations involving Representative Jane Harman, contradicting a statement she made on Tuesday when she said she didn’t remember being advised of such surveillance.

But Ms. Pelosi said today that although she was briefed, the Justice Department had not provided her with details and that Ms. Harman was not the subject/target of the surveillance.

The Democratic leader made the remarks in the wake of reports that Ms. Harman was recorded on a wiretapped call offering to intercede with the Justice Department on behalf of operatives for Aipac, the pro-Israel group, who were under investigation for espionage, in exchange for help in pressuring Ms. Pelosi to award her the chairmanship of the House intelligence committee.
Representative Jane Harman participated in a congressional hearing today.Jim Wilson/The New York Times Representative Jane Harman participated in a congressional hearing today.

Ms. Harman has forcefully denied those charges and demanded the release of a full transcript of the wire-tapped call. She has also said that she has been fielding calls from irate lawmakers concerned that they, too, were the subject of secret surveillance.

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or kettle of fish.

Boy are they squirming.. or wriggling.

liked both of them. :(