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NEWS ABOUT: Jane Harman

Jane Harman stories: 10 news summaries

 Economy Wallops 
 Lawmakers' Fortunes  

Combined, members of Congress sough off hundreds of millions

Sep 14, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 50 richest members of Congress are still rich, but their personal finances show they’re not immune to the economic downturn, Roll Call reports. Together, the pols on the list have lost $275 million in personal wealth since 2007. In 2008, the legislators' combined assets of $1.3... More »

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Congress • John Kerry • Senate • House of Representatives • Jane Harman • Mark Warner • Jay Rockefeller • US Congress • financial disclosure • Darrell Issa • economic downturn • wealthy

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi said today she knew fellow California Democrat Jane Harman was the subject of intelligence wiretaps, but she couldn’t spill because the information had come in a confidential briefing, CQ Politics reports. “Even if I wanted to share it with her I would not have had the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Jane Harman • confidential information • speaker of the House • wiretapping

Feds May Drop Case Against Lobbyists in Harman Flap

Move unrelated to scandal, they say

Apr 21, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors may drop charges against two pro-Israeli lobbyists at the center of a wiretapping scandal involving a member of Congress, the Washington Post reports. The feds say the possible move has nothing to do with the scandal involving Rep. Jane Harman. Instead, a series of recent court decisions in... More »

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Israel • espionage • Jane Harman • lobbyists • AIPAC • Steven Rosen • Keith Weissman

 Harman: 
 Release 
 Wiretap 
 Transcripts 



Calif. rep decries 'outrageous' 'abuse of power'

Apr 21, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - California Rep. Jane Harman demanded today that Justice Department release “unredacted” transcripts of telephone conversations recorded without her knowledge, Politico reports. Harman demanded the wiretapped conversations be released in response to media reports that she was recorded agreeing to try to help two pro-Israel lobbyists accused of spying in... More »

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Israel • FBI • NSA • domestic surveillance • lobbyist • Jane Harman • domestic wiretapping • Eric Holder

Wiretap Catches Rep Making Deal for Pro-Israel Lobby Group

Bushies helped kill probe of Dem Harman

Apr 20, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wiretap by the National Security Agency caught California Rep. Jane Harman promising a suspected Israeli agent she’d intervene on behalf of two pro-Israeli lobbyists facing espionage charges, sources tell CQ Politics. In exchange, the agent promised to pressure then-minority leader Nancy Pelosi into making Harman chair of the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Alberto Gonzales • FBI • espionage • NSA • National Security Agency • wiretap • Jane Harman • AIPAC • warrantless wiretapping • Israeli lobby

ANALYSIS

 At $231M, 
 Kerry Is 
 Congress' 
 Richest 

Though, Roll Call cautions, financial disclosure forms an unreliable source

Sep 23, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry leads Roll Call's annual list of the 50 richest members of Congress, with a fortune estimated at $231 million. But financial-disclosure rules make it impossible to get a complete picture of lawmakers' assets, so Kerry, John McCain (No. 13, with $20 million), and the rest of the top... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John McCain • John Kerry • Dianne Feinstein • Ted Kennedy • Gordon Smith • Jane Harman • Jay Rockefeller • rich • financial disclosure • Darrell Issa • Robin Hayes • Vern Buchanan • Frank Lautenberg

Sex Assaults Against
Women in Military 'Epidemic'

Lawmaker discovers 41% of female vets at one hospital have been vicitms

Aug 1, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A California congresswoman seeking better protection for military women said she was shocked to discover that 41% of women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the service, CNN reports. "We have an epidemic here," Jane Harman told a House panel yesterday. "Women in... More »

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Pentagon • US military • rape • Jane Harman • sexual assault • female troops

Dems Blast Secret Iraq Report

Rosy picture aims to
bolster White House, they charge

Apr 4, 08 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new, top-secret intelligence report asserts that conditions on the ground in Iraq have markedly improved, reports the Wall Street Journal. Only a select number of House and Senate members have seen the report, but top Democrats are already blasting the document as an effort to bolster the administration's Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Congress • David Petraeus • Jane Harman • National Intelligence Estimate • House Intelligence Committee

CIA Warned
Not to Destroy Terror Tapes

Lawmaker cautioned
it would 'reflect badly'
on agency

Jan 4, 08 3:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned the CIA not to destroy videotapes of controversial interrogations of terror suspects, AP reports. "Videotape would be the best proof that the written record is accurate," California Rep. Jane Harman wrote in the declassified 2003 letter.  "Destruction... More »

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CIA • Jane Harman • CIA videotapes • al-Qaeda

House Passes Surveillance Bill

White House spying powers expanded, despite Democrats' opposition

Aug 5, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill set to expand the government's warrantless spying program cleared the House last night by a 227-183 vote, the Washington Post reports. Many Democrats put aside profound  reservations, yielding to pressure from the White House and fearing being branded "weak on terror" as the campaign heats up this... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • White House • privacy • surveillance • wiretap • Jerrold Nadler • Jane Harman • George W. Bush

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