Rep. Harman has been allegedly caught in 05/06 wiretaps where she spoke with an Israeli agent tied to AIPAC(an Israeli lobbying group). In this conversation she agreed to pressure the DoJ to go soft on 2 AIPAC officals charged with espionage.
In exchange, a major contributor to Pelosi would lobby her to appoint Harman as chair of the House Intelligence comittee; a position Harman now holds. Sources are conflicted as to why the investigation was quashed, but some say it was to get her support for warrantless wiretaps.
She was on NPR today and gave the standard “I don’t recall” bs about the call. But later she said she knew the person she had talked to was a US citizen. When confronted with the contradiction she dodged the question, instead choosing to rail against wiretaps and not being notified of an investigation. (she had previously supported wiretaps)
Um, so, yeah. she’s kinda’ a sack of shit.
ps: she has called on the Attorney General to release all of her transcripts, unredacted, but just to her office. Such a daring show of transparency. (another source)