Jane Harman and AIPAC Get Busted
Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC
By Jeff Stein, CQ SpyTalk Columnist
CQ Politics.com - Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat long involved in intelligence issues, was overheard on a 2005 National Security Agency wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two former officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee.
In return, the Israeli agent pledged to help lobby for Harman to become chairwoman of the House Intelligence Committee.
(Read Jeff Stein's Q&A session about his column.)
Two former senior national security officials, one who has read a transcript of the wiretap and a second who was briefed on its contents, said Harman agreed during the conversation to “waddle into” the AIPAC case “if you think it’ll make a difference.” Their accounts were confirmed by a third source with knowledge of the wiretapped conversation and subsequent events.
AIPAC is the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. Read more.
By Jeff Stein, CQ SpyTalk Columnist
CQ Politics.com - Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat long involved in intelligence issues, was overheard on a 2005 National Security Agency wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two former officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee.
In return, the Israeli agent pledged to help lobby for Harman to become chairwoman of the House Intelligence Committee.
(Read Jeff Stein's Q&A session about his column.)
Two former senior national security officials, one who has read a transcript of the wiretap and a second who was briefed on its contents, said Harman agreed during the conversation to “waddle into” the AIPAC case “if you think it’ll make a difference.” Their accounts were confirmed by a third source with knowledge of the wiretapped conversation and subsequent events.
AIPAC is the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. Read more.
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