The Rep. Jane Harman story broken by CQ’s Jeff Stein seems slated to become the latest round of ammunition in the arsenal of any and all anti-Zionists and anti-Semites.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000003098436&cpage=1
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 Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In return, the Israeli agent pledged to help lobby for Harman to become chairwoman of the House Intelligence Committee.
That was Stein’s lead.
Let's assume for just a second that Stein might be on to something.
To say the least, all the backroom machinations as alleged by Stein, particularly surrounding the issues vis-a-vis wiretapping, are at the very least messy, and certainly embarrassing (probably, even more for Harman than Israel).
However, anyone who carefully reads the story should realize that, at least from the point of view of anyone pro-Israel, there is less to this story than meets the eye.
“It’s the deepest kind of corruption,” said one of the sources, a recently retired law enforcement official who was involved in the AIPAC investigation. “It’s a story about the corruption of government — not legal corruption necessarily, but ethical corruption.” The two former AIPAC officials are scheduled to stand trial in June.
"[T]he deepest kind of corruption", but "not legal corruption necessarily"? HUH?!?
Why didn't the "source" just go ahead and say "I don't like it, so therefore it should be illegal, even if it isnt"?
Is there a better illustration of the double standard as applied to supporters of Israel/Zionism?
Can anyone exactly pinpoint what it is Harman is supposed to have done that is actually ILLEGAL?
I didn't think so.
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