Comments on: Harman to MSNBC: ‘I’ve had a long friendship with AIPAC. I didn’t need to cut some deal’ http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Susie Kneedler http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17100 Susie Kneedler Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17100 <p>Thanks, Adam and FEF.</p> <p>Harman's going to be on NPR in a few moments.</p> Thanks, Adam and FEF.

Harman's going to be on NPR in a few moments.

]]> By: MRW. http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17101 MRW. Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17101 <p>This is the slip-up remark: <i> I believed that I had been promised that in writing by the Democratic leadership.</i></p> <p>(1) Produce it.<br /> (2) The why did she THEN decide to interfere in an espionage case?</p> This is the slip-up remark: I believed that I had been promised that in writing by the Democratic leadership.

(1) Produce it.
(2) The why did she THEN decide to interfere in an espionage case?

]]> By: Shafiq http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17102 Shafiq Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17102 <p>She calls it a gross abuse of her rights yet she supported Bush's policy of illegal wire-tapping? Eh?<br /> </p> She calls it a gross abuse of her rights yet she supported Bush's policy of illegal wire-tapping? Eh?

]]> By: KXB http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17103 KXB Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17103 <p>On the NPR interview, she screwed up. She kept saying that she had no record of the conversation, repeated that over and over. But, when Bob Siegel asked her about talking with an Israel agent, she said he was American. Siegel caught her, and asked how could she say with certainty the agent was American, if she cannot remember the conversation in question. She then tried to backtrack, Siegel tried to press the issue, but then she changed the topic to how she deserved to know that she was the subject of a conversation. Memo to Harman - no one knows they are being investigated until they are charged. Watch some Law & Order.</p> On the NPR interview, she screwed up. She kept saying that she had no record of the conversation, repeated that over and over. But, when Bob Siegel asked her about talking with an Israel agent, she said he was American. Siegel caught her, and asked how could she say with certainty the agent was American, if she cannot remember the conversation in question. She then tried to backtrack, Siegel tried to press the issue, but then she changed the topic to how she deserved to know that she was the subject of a conversation. Memo to Harman – no one knows they are being investigated until they are charged. Watch some Law & Order.

]]> By: D. http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17104 D. Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17104 <p>I wish Andrea Mitchell had said, in response to Harman's protestations of abuse of power, "But YOU were never being wire-tapped; the wire-tap was on a suspected Israeli foreign agent. You were just caught up as the person on the other end."</p> I wish Andrea Mitchell had said, in response to Harman's protestations of abuse of power, "But YOU were never being wire-tapped; the wire-tap was on a suspected Israeli foreign agent. You were just caught up as the person on the other end."

]]> By: Joel Bitar http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17105 Joel Bitar Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17105 <p>She claims that the wiretap against her was a "gross abuse of power."</p> <p>The NSA had a warrant for the tap on her, they were investigating Haim Saban (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers creator and apparently an Israeli agent). She wasn't the object of the NSA wiretap, Saban was. The only reason she didn't get investigated was because Alberto Gonzales wanted her to continue promoting Bush's warrantless wiretap program. Now she's complaining about an abuse of power on a legal wiretap? It appears this woman is a scummy hypocrite and a liar. Can we please take her down?<br /> </p> She claims that the wiretap against her was a "gross abuse of power."

The NSA had a warrant for the tap on her, they were investigating Haim Saban (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers creator and apparently an Israeli agent). She wasn't the object of the NSA wiretap, Saban was. The only reason she didn't get investigated was because Alberto Gonzales wanted her to continue promoting Bush's warrantless wiretap program. Now she's complaining about an abuse of power on a legal wiretap? It appears this woman is a scummy hypocrite and a liar. Can we please take her down?

]]> By: Mooser http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17106 Mooser Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17106 <p><i>"She calls it a gross abuse of her rights yet she supported Bush's policy of illegal wire-tapping? Eh?"</i></p> <p>Yes, and this is her reward. Ironic, if you ask me.<br /> </p> "She calls it a gross abuse of her rights yet she supported Bush's policy of illegal wire-tapping? Eh?"

Yes, and this is her reward. Ironic, if you ask me.

]]> By: D. http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17107 D. Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17107 <p><i>"So I really don’t know what I might have said to good friends."</i></p> <p>Hehe.<br /> </p> "So I really don’t know what I might have said to good friends."

Hehe.

]]> By: Joel Bitar http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17108 Joel Bitar Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17108 <p>KXB - is there a link to the NPR interview?</p> <p>She actually makes herself look damn guilty in this interview.</p> <p>The most astonishing aspect of this MSNBC interview (top of page) is that at 1:22, she admits she was advocating the Bush policy to make warrantless wiretaps legal for the purpose of national security. At 4:15 she says, "I hope he [Holder] will investigate whether other members of congress or other INNOCENT Americans might have been subject to this type of treatment. I call it an abuse of power." The treatment she is referring to is a LEGAL wiretap. The NSA/FBI obtained a warrant for the tap on her conversation, therefore making the tap LEGAL.</p> <p>How can you advocate warrantless taps on one hand but say that the NSA abused its power through a legal wiretap? The jig is up Harman.<br /> </p> KXB – is there a link to the NPR interview?

She actually makes herself look damn guilty in this interview.

The most astonishing aspect of this MSNBC interview (top of page) is that at 1:22, she admits she was advocating the Bush policy to make warrantless wiretaps legal for the purpose of national security. At 4:15 she says, "I hope he [Holder] will investigate whether other members of congress or other INNOCENT Americans might have been subject to this type of treatment. I call it an abuse of power." The treatment she is referring to is a LEGAL wiretap. The NSA/FBI obtained a warrant for the tap on her conversation, therefore making the tap LEGAL.

How can you advocate warrantless taps on one hand but say that the NSA abused its power through a legal wiretap? The jig is up Harman.

]]> By: tree http://mondoweiss.net/2009/04/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-17109 tree Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/21/harman-to-msnbc-ive-had-a-long-friendship-with-aipac-i-didnt-need-to-cut-some-deal.html#comment-17109 <p>Glenn Greenwald has a deliciously snarky take-down of Harmon's interview here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/21/harman/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Jane Harman: angry, partisan, civil liberties extremist </a></p> Glenn Greenwald has a deliciously snarky take-down of Harmon's interview here:

Jane Harman: angry, partisan, civil liberties extremist

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