House, Senate Dems at odds on health care Oct 18, 2009
Toughest fight looms over coverage affordability, paying for uninsured. Oct. 16: Is the delay on whether to add more troops into Afghanistan putting troops already there at risk. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama, Washington ready to pander to older voters Oct 16, 2009
Jane Harman, California, 36th District, (202) 204-9050 Rep. Baron Hill, Indiana, 9th District, (202) 285-0966 Rep. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Husband and wife take stage in debate on Afghanistan Oct 11, 2009
An associate of Kimberly Kagan requested that the Democratic members of Congress the Kagans have recently briefed - including Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin of Michigan, Senator Ted Kaufman of Delaware, and Congresswoman Jane Harman of California - not be identified because they may not want their constituencies to know the Kagans are advising them. But many scholars and military officers interviewed by the Globe - including liberal experts such as Lawrence Korb at the... (Boston Globe)
Harman/Sanchez: Blue Dogs for a public option Oct 11, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Venice, represents the 36th Congressional District. 00000AFB. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
California Focus: Early money guarantees little in governors race Sep 30, 2009
Just ask Norton Simon and Michael Huffington and William Roth and Al Checchi and Jane Harman, all of whom poured many millions of personal dollars into unsuccessful runs for governor or the U.S. Senate. Early financial leaders often lose. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Health reform's 'gang of 6' reaps political cash Sep 21, 2009
Jane Harman, Venice (Los Angeles County) - $5,750. Jim Costa, Hanford (Kings County) - $1,000. (San Francisco Chronicle)
THERE WILL BE BLOOD: PELOSI WARNS OF POLITICAL 'VIOLENCE' Sep 18, 2009
Jane Harman (D-CA) joins the "Morning Joe" gang to offer her take. Most Watched. (The Drudge Report)
Speaker Of Lies Aug 29, 2009
Jane Harman, the California Democrat who succeeded Pelosi as ranking Democrat on the House intelligence panel, sent a classified letter to the CIA in February 2003 objecting to EITs. Speaker Pelosi's behavior reeks of the kind of cynicism and hypocrisy Americans have become used to seeing in Washington. (Investors Business Daily)
Reassuring Jews about Obama’s pro-Israel stance (3) Aug 4, 2009
Jane Harman of California; Alan Solow, a prominent member of the Chicago Jewish community; and Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher. All reassured Jewish voters that Obama would not only strengthen Israel s security but also do a far better job of it than his rival Sen. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Hedging on the House health care vote Jul 29, 2009
Jane Harman , D-Calif. said that members at the walk-through asked many questions about the bill but did not criticize it. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Blue Dog Democrats Jul 28, 2009
Dennis Cardoza), Rep. Patrick J. Murphy, Rep. (Time.com)
Blue Dogs stall health care Jul 24, 2009
Jane Harman of California, spoke in favor of the bill. Taylor, who met with several fellow Blue Dogs after their meeting with Obama, said he was disappointed. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Report: Too Few Officials Knew of Surveillance Jul 12, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Calif. said that when she had asked Gonzales two years earlier if the government was conducting any other undisclosed intelligence activities, he denied it. (Newsmax)
Click to read:Cheney Linked to Concealing CIA Project Jul 12, 2009
Jane Harman, a California Democrat, told The AP Friday that she was shocked by the report. She said she asked former White House counsel Alberto Gonzales - after the wiretapping was revealed in 2005 - whether the government was conducting any other undisclosed intelligence activities. (CBS News)
Bush surveillance effort huge Jul 11, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Calif. told The Associated Press she was shocked to learn of the existence of other classified programs beyond the warrantless wiretapping. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Marines launch major push in Afghanistan Jul 2, 2009
Jane Harman comes to mind. I voted for Hillary in the primaries and voted for Bill in his first campaign. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Moran’s Got It in the Bag Jul 1, 2009
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), Jane Harman (D-Calif. and former Rep. (Roll Call)
Life inside N Korea's gulags Jun 30, 2009
The Swedes in Pyongyang told American officials that the two journalists were being held in a "good place" with decent food and medical care, said California Congresswoman Jane Harman. And in a rare telephone call recently, Laura Ling described her confinement as "bearable", her husband Iain Clayton said. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Justice Department Not Targeting Harman Jun 26, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. confirmed Thursday that she is not the subject of a Justice Department probe into whether she agreed on a 2005 wiretapped phone call to seek leniency for two accused spies in exchange for help securing the ranking membership of the Intelligence Committee. (Roll Call)
Justice: Harman Not Under Investigation Jun 26, 2009
Although Speaker Of the House Nancy Pelosi confirmed that Jane Harman's conversations were under surveillance, the Justice Department denies an ongoing investigation ... (AP) The U.S. Justice Department says Congresswoman Jane Harman is not the subject or target of an ongoing criminal investigation. (CBS News -- Politics)
Justice Dept.: No Harman investigation Jun 26, 2009
Jane Harman is not the subject or a target of a criminal investigation, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The department's announcement answers a question that arose in April from a media report that the government had eavesdropped on the Democratic lawmaker's phone conversation with a supporter. (MSNBC -- Politics)
BIG SIS: Napolitano to Kill Spy-Satellite Program... Jun 24, 2009
Jane Harman (D., Calif. who oversees the House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence, said she was alarmed when she recently saw that the Obama administration requested money for the program in a classified 2010 budget proposal. (The Drudge Report)
Full Story » Jun 24, 2009
Homeland security kills domestic satellite program - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Homeland security kills domestic satellite program Jun 24, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. AFP/Getty Images/File US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, pictured in May 2009. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
DHS To Kill Domestic Satellite Spying Jun 23, 2009
Jane Harman, a California Democrat and House Homeland Security Committee member who was briefed on the department's classified intelligence budget ... Jane Harman, a California Democrat and House Homeland Security Committee member who was briefed on the department's classified intelligence budget. (CBS News)
House Dems Want More Top Secret Briefings Jun 19, 2009
Jane Harman of California, said the notification process has been abused and called Reyes' draft legislation "a needed course correction.". Harman was briefed about the CIA's use of waterboarding in February 2003 and objected, but because of secrecy rules, she was unable to discuss the matter with colleagues and could only send the CIA a letter expressing her concerns. (Newsmax)
Iran Better Than You Did! Jun 16, 2009
And the family of Congresswoman Jane Harman, D-Calif. which held at least $3. (Slate)
Harman, Napolitano At Odds Over Spy Agency Jun 16, 2009
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Representative Jane Harman (AP) ... Jane Harman and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are old friends - but that isn't stopping Harman from calling out Napolitano for slow-walking an agency review of the controversial use of military satellites in U.S. airspace. (CBS News -- Politics)
Bills would kill DHS satellite surveillance office Jun 6, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. chairwoman of the Homeland Security Committees Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee, introduced a bill on June 4 that would require DHS to immediately close the NAO. She also introduced a measure, co-sponsored by Rep. (FCW.com)
Walt: The Israel Lobby Is Getting Weaker Jun 5, 2009
Is the Israel Lobby getting weaker. Is the Israel Lobby getting weaker. (Slate)
Cuba: We Want To IM Again May 31, 2009
Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up at Robinson helicopter in Torr 00004000 ance along with Jane Harman to talk trade with George W. Bush--1/10/2008 ... Chevron has a refinery in El segundo where Jane Harman has an office. (CBS News)
10 People I'd Like to Grill on Memorial Day May 23, 2009
The questions are easy here: "The truth now, what did you know, when did you know it...and most importantly, why didn't you do anything about it once you knew?" But just to add to the fun, maybe we could let Pelosi nemesis, erstwhile CIA Director-candidate Jane Harman, oversee the questioning. 7. (Slate)
Spy chief's disclosures stun Congress May 22, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Venice), chairwoman of an intelligence panel on the House Committee on Homeland Security. "It is stunning to me to read that he has decided to share these details with a small-town newspaper.". (Yahoo News -- Espionage & Intelligence)
Pelosi accuses CIA of lying in torture timeline May 16, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County), to send a letter to the White House objecting to the techniques after a later and apparently more complete briefing on Feb. 5, 2003, which Pelosi's national security aide attended. Feinstein has opened what she expects to be a six- to eight-month Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of the interrogations. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pelosi: CIA Misled Congress on Interrogation Plans May 15, 2009
Jane Harman, wrote a letter of protest to the CIA's top lawyer - a letter Pelosi says she agreed with but did not sign, and she didn't send a letter of her own. "It does not make me complicit," said the speaker, who told reporters she had no regrets about not registering her own protest. (SmartMoney)
Pelosi: Bush team misled her on waterboarding May 15, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Calif. But Pelosi said her focus at the time was on winning control of Congress from the Republicans so her party could change course. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Grassroots Step Up Health Care Push May 15, 2009
Pelosi did admit that she learned waterboarding had been used on terrorism suspects from a staff member in February 2003, but she said she felt a letter of protest written by then-ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Jane Harman was the appropriate response. News broke late last Thursday that the CIA and DNI directors had released a timeline showing when specific members of Congress were briefed on enhanced interrogation tactics since 2002. (CBS News)
Nancy Pelosi's war May 15, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. who replaced her as the ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee. (Yahoo News)
Pelosi: What Did She Know, And When? May 15, 2009
" A top aide to Pelosi, Michael Sheehy, attended a CIA briefing in early 2003 in which it was made clear that waterboarding and other harsh techniques were being used in the interrogation of an alleged al-Qaida operative, according to The Washington Post. Pelosi was replaced by Jane Harman as the committee's ranking member, but the bipartisan briefings continued. On Feb. 4, 2003, Sens. Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence were given a briefing in which... (Newsmax)
Dems: CIA briefers may have broken law... May 15, 2009
" See Also also defended Pelosi's decision not to raise objections to waterboarding in 2003, when she says she first learned of the practice secondhand from an aide who attended a briefing with Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), then the ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee. Harman wrote a letter of protest a letter with which Pelosi has said she "concurred," although she is not mentioned in it. "She's away from Intel now, she's not focused on it, it's not her priority," Rep. C.A.... (The Drudge Report)
Pelosi Accuses CIA of Lying; GOP Defends Agency May 15, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. then the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, sent to the CIA as the appropriate channel for top Democrats to register an objection. (Roll Call)
Pelosi Under Fire For Interrogation Claims May 14, 2009
Jane Harman in February 2003 about interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, used on suspected top al-Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah. The CIA also reportedly briefed members of Congress 40 times on the controversial interrogation techniques. (Newsmax)
Pelosi Briefed On Waterboarding Repeatedly May 13, 2009
But Politico maintains that "there's no dispute that on Feb. 4, 2003 five months after Pelosi's September meeting CIA officials briefed Pelosi aide Michael Sheehy and Rep. Jane Harman . . . on the specific techniques that had been used on Zubaydah including waterboarding.". Harman, who was by then the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, drafted a letter to the CIA's general counsel to express her concerns with the interrogation tactic and asking if waterboarding had been... (Newsmax)
Tortured Account May 13, 2009
Here is the latest line of baloney we are being asked to believe: After a Pelosi aide was briefed on Feb. 4, 2003, together with House Intelligence Committee ranking Democrat Jane Harman, D-Calif. about waterboarding Abu Zubaydah, a key al-Qaida operative, Pelosi supposedly expressed support for a private protest letter Harman wrote but she didn't ask to sign her name to the letter, sent to the CIA's general counsel, nor did she pen her own protest. (Investors Business Daily)
PELOSI ISSUES NEW ACCOUNT... May 12, 2009
Pelosi: Torture protest improper in '03 - Glenn Thrush and John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com. " w Party: Conservative Reply #6 Date: May. 11, 2009 - 8:30 PM EST Do you people in CA ever wonder why many of us in the rest of the country think of you as nut cases? These are YOUR representatives. Sheesh. Party: NA Reply #7 Date: May. 11, 2009 - 8:32 PM EST dixiechicked: May. 11, 2009 - 8:29 PM EST How many detainees have died of toture? "Only" 3 huh? How many tapes were destroyed? Tell me how many died... (The Drudge Report)
COLUMN: Waterboarding or your next boring staff meeting at work: You choose May 12, 2009
ed miller wrote on May 11, 2009 9:22 PM:" Keep in mind that Pelosi is a couple of heartbeats from the Presidency...Version 1: I knew nothing at all about waterboarding. So you can understand why I didn't object.Version 2: Okay, maybe I was told something about waterboarding, but only as a hypothetical future technique. I was never told we'd already waterboarded Zubaydah. So you can understand why I didn't object.Version 3: Okay, maybe I did know all about Zubaydah being waterboarded, but Jane... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Don’t ask, don’t tell, but change is coming May 10, 2009
Ms. Pelosi was replaced by Jane Harman as the Committee s ranking member, but the bipartisan briefings continued. On February 4, 2003, Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence were given a briefing in which EITs [were] described in considerable detail, including how the water board was used. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Enhanced Lying May 9, 2009
Jane Harman, who became the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee when Pelosi became minority leader. "Among those being briefed, there was a pretty full understanding of what the CIA was doing," recalls Goss, who chaired the committee from 1997 to 2004 before becoming CIA director. (Investors Business Daily)
Pelosi Questions Accuracy of CIA Interrogation Report May 9, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. in a letter in February 2003. (Roll Call)
CIA docs vague on Pelosi, interrogations May 9, 2009
The first mention of waterboarding comes in the description of a February 2003 meeting attended by Pelosi's successor on the House Intelligence Committee, California Democrat Jane Harman. Harman wrote to the CIA expressing concern about the techniques, the only known objection formally raised by a member of Congress at that time. (MSNBC -- Politics)
CIA memos: Pelosi aide knew of waterboarding May 9, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County), then the ranking minority member on the House Intelligence Committee, at which agency officials discussed the use of waterboarding on terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah. A Democratic source acknowledged Friday that it was almost certain that Pelosi, D-San Francisco, would have learned about the use of waterboarding from Sheehy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Hill Holds Fire on Harman May 9, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif ... In a follow-up statement Monday, Harman Chief of Staff John Hess charged that the CQ story recycles three year-old discredited reporting of largely unsourced material to manufacture a scoop out of widely known and unremarkable facts that Congresswoman Jane Harman is and has long been a supporter of AIPAC, and that some members of AIPAC regarded her as well-qualified to chair the House Intelligence Committee following the 2006 elections. (Roll Call)
Pelosi Lied, Briefed on Torture Memos in 2002 May 8, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Calif. who by that time had become the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, when Pelosi moved on to become minority leader. (Newsmax)
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP May 8, 2009
"Well lets take a long look at that Briefing list of Dems that were briefed and to this day keep lying about it: Nancy Pelosi Bob Graham John Rockefeller Jane Harman Harry Reid *Full Committee John Murtha Evan Bayh Russ Feingold Diane Feinstein Carl Levin Barbara Mikulski And this is just the list being briefed prior to 11/16/06 **** They have known for a very long time well before the election.". Nitepost. (The Drudge Report)
Ron Paul, Surveillance, & the GOP’s Future May 6, 2009
Apropos the Jane Harman controversy, I asked the members of Congress: How many of you are confident that your phone calls are NOT being wiretapped. . (The American Conservative)
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Bard Is the New Barack May 6, 2009
Jane Harman, whose husband is a big benefactor of the Shakespeare Theater), who is filibustering a bill on the Senate floor. An ambitious young Senate page, in an effort to break the deadlock, channels the ghost of Shakespeare himself, whose words bring the parties together. (Roll Call)
Calif. legislator, cited in wiretap, promises she'll clear her name May 4, 2009
WASHINGTON - Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat, vowed yesterday to clear her name after the revelation of a wiretapped conversation in which she reportedly agreed to intervene in the federal investigation of two pro-Israeli lobbyists in exchange for help in getting a coveted congressional post. Harman noted that she had called on the Justice Department to release all the information it had about secretly monitored conversations that involved her. (Boston Globe)
U.S. won't prosecute 2 pro-Israel lobbyists May 3, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County), a staunch ally of AIPAC, had been caught on federal wiretaps in 2005 offering to lobby Bush administration officials to help the two lobbyists in exchange for their aid in obtaining the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee. Harman said she did nothing wrong. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
* US to drop spying charges against Israel lobbyists May 3, 2009
The case has been further complicated by allegations that a member of the US Congress, Jane Harman, told an Israeli agent that she would pressure the justice department to reduce spying charges against the two former AIPAC officials. A report in the political publication Congressional Quarterly said the Israeli agent allegedly offered to get a wealthy donor who helps fund election campaigns for Nancy Pelosi, the then minority leader in the House of Representatives, to pressure Pelosi to appoint... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
In Olens’ run, will religion matter? May 3, 2009
Jane Harman, who was investigated in connection with the dropped case against AIPAC staffers, will also be speaking. jt. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Feds Drop Charges Against Israel Lobbyists May 2, 2009
Jane Harman, D-Calif. was overheard on wiretaps agreeing to seek lenient treatment for Rosen and Weissman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Ethics Office Declines to Review Harman Case May 2, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. participated in a quid pro quo with an Israeli agent, stating the accusations fall outside the office s statute of limitations. (Roll Call)
Three Strikes May 2, 2009
The two AIPAC staffers who gave the information to the Israeli Embassy have had charges dismissed, Congresswoman Jane Harman has not been rebuked by any of her peers and is making jokes about the tapping of her phone, and the mainstream media killed the Chas Freeman story within three days of his withdrawl from consideration for office. . (The American Conservative)
Turf war brews over U.S. cyber defense Apr 30, 2009
to join the NEWSWEEK community, post comments and subscribe to our e-mail newsletters. The Turf War Over Cyberwar. (MSNBC -- Politics)
House Democrats Seek Wiretap Rules Apr 29, 2009
Jane Harman (D-Calif. got caught in a politically embarrassing conversation by a government wiretap, House Democratic leaders are quietly reaching out to the Justice Department to develop new protocols for law enforcement involving Members of Congress. (Roll Call)
