From CQ Politics: House Select Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes has told the panel’s staff to begin investigating an incident in which Rep. Jane Harman was recorded on a wiretap talking with a suspected Israeli agent . . . “In the…
My dear friend Peter Kaplan is leaving the New York Observer (2 years after I did). A few quick thoughts: –An era ends. Print/newspapers/the legacy of William Shawn and Harold Ross, that arc of literary sophistication and great New York…
Ron Kampeas at JTA says, Hey we say that Jane Harman is Jewish and we’re the press! (I’d said that the press doesn’t say Harman is Jewish.) Good point, Ron. Sorry about that. Though the point still holds, generally.
One of the stars of the internet was in New York tonight, As’ad AbuKhalil, speaking at Alwan for the Arts, an Arab space on Beaver Street in the heart of the financial district. AbuKhalil has a tour-de-force blog, the “Angry…
From the Ryan Dawson’s anti-Neocons site, this is said to be a photo from 2006 of Congresswoman Jane Harman and Bush Homeland Security boss Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor, out for a jog. Anees of Jerusalem writes: What’s interesting about…
Israel is still on the defensive against war crimes allegations for their conduct in Gaza and it doesn’t seem that the pressure will be going away anytime soon. The United Kingdom has announced that it is going to review all…
Starting around lunch time today, Nancy Pelosi found herself much more embroiled in the unfolding Jane Harman scandal. Two new reports tie Pelosi to the story. The first is that she had been informed about Harman getting caught up in…
Netanyahu is leaning toward naming author Michael Oren to be the next Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Foreign Policy says it’s all but a done deal. While Richard Silverstein says an Oren appointment represents a victory for Sheldon Adelson’s Shalem…
Netanyahu is leaning toward naming author Michael Oren to be the next Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Foreign Policy says it’s all but a done deal. While Richard Silverstein says an Oren appointment represents a victory for Sheldon Adelson’s Shalem…