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| The real Jane Harman scandal | |
| 2009-04-23 | |
Sometimes in Washington, what is most scandalous is the attempt to create a scandal where none exists. Let me give you a current example. Maybe you've heard about an allegation of scandal against Jane Harman, the California Democrat who served with great distinction on the House Select Committee on Intelligence until Nancy Pelosi gave her the heave-ho. The story is almost insanely complicated. But the deeper you delve into the details, the more you see that if there is any wrongdoing in the case, it was done by Harman's accusers. Some background: Elements within the FBI and other U.S. agencies have been convinced for years that Israeli spy agencies have penetrated the U.S. government. These anti-Israel elements responded with what spy types call a "mole hunt"--a ferocious search for the suspected infiltrator. Again and again, the search has turned up empty. But from the point of view of a mole hunter, nothing is more damning than the absence of evidence: The inability to discover the mole only proves the mole's vicious cunning! Then, at last, in October 2005 the mole hunters found their man: a career Defense Department employee named Larry Franklin. Franklin's offense? Brace yourself ... | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Dunno. I read an earlier article on this which stated that the tapes had a conversation where she agreed to "see what she could do" for the spies in return for assistance in getting the Chairmanship and that this "discussion never occured". Don't know if that's true or not - just selling it like I bought it. But if true, I don't have a lot of sympathy for her. If true, since Pelosi was aware of the tapes, it might explain why Pelosi was so dead set against giving Harman the chaiman ship, tho; the Madam of House's final choice really sucked. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Elmeasing1631 2009-04-23 18:04 |
| #2 “These anti-Israel elements responded with what spy types call a "mole hunt"…” Normally when the G-Men are tasked with ferreting out spies it’s called Counterespionage. But this operation was clearly run by “anti-Israel” elements. And we don’t need our decoder rings to figure out what that means do we? “Lacking the clout to move the information himself, he [Franklin] decided to do what frustrated officials often do: He leaked it.” Yes, poor Larry was the simple middle manager type. And, motivated purely by virtue of patriotism, had no other choice but to “leak” classified intelligence to a foreign entity. Yes, technically, one might conclude that this is traditional spy-craft. But, given the circumstances, what’s a loyal citizen supposed to do? “…of course, the anti-Franklin prosecutors were convinced that Washington was half-filled with Israeli agents.” Can you believe it? The paranoia had reached such a fever pitch that the prosecutors had actually turned against the guy they were trying to convict. “The two, Steve Rosen and Kenneth Weissman, shared Franklin's information with journalists, colleagues, and the Israeli embassy.” Hey…what’s wrong with passing a little classified intelligence to the press, some coworkers, and maybe a foreign entity? Especially when that information will “jolt an unwilling bureaucracy into action”. Damn you bureaucracies! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-04-23 12:26 |
| #1 "We have here a situation in which patriots are being treated like traitors--while people who have done the country more harm than many traitors are being treated like patriots." The same could be said about the entire CIA memo debacle going on right now. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2009-04-23 11:36 |