Marcy Winograd: Hire Harman for Chair of Intelligence? No, Nancy, No.

[Greeby]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcy-winograd/hire-harman-for-chair-of-_b_34725.html

There she was -- Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee -- telling Meet the Press (Feb. 12, 2006) that she wished she'd been a lot smarter during her private briefings on Bush's illegal wiretaps. When journalist Tim Russert asked her if she regretted not raising reservations to the wiretaps, Harman said, "... remember we go into those briefings alone, we have no ability to consult staff, we have no ability to consult constitutional experts."

Did Jane Harman need a constitutional expert to tell her it was illegal to wiretap people's phones without ever once requesting a warrant?

On the subject of the NSA leaks, Harman's response was equally troubling. She told Russert, "I think it is tragic that a lot of our capability is now across the pages of the newspapers" and she went on to reference those who leaked Bush's illegal wiretaps as "despicable people."

I knew we were in trouble. Someone had to challenge Harman.

And so it went. I knocked on doors with Cindy Sheehan, appeared at rallies with former UN arms inspector Scott Ritter, and shared radio time with Ned Lamont. I wore a peace pin. Jane Harman, tone deaf to the war's outrages, routinely wore a B-2 bomber pin on her lapel. Boeing and Raytheon, defense contractors anchored in Harman's 36th District, stand to profit off of war.-snip-


Hope she runs again :bounce:

[peacetalksforall]

1. My gut tells me Harmon would be a grand mistake in that position.

[leftchick]

2. A Huge Grand Mistake

she is DLC/AIPAC/Corporate Whore all the way. She will not be against this war and pulling US troops ALL out until her financiers tell her. She should be toast,