Dept. of Justice probe is latest blow for Jane Harman
A new Department of Justice investigation of Jane Harman and her connection to the leaking of classified documents to agents of a foreign government was revealed by Time Magazine on Friday. The documents allegedly were received by staff at AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee). Two former AIPAC employees, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, have been indicted for violating the Espionage Act.
At a candidates debate on Sunday, Harman was in a state of denial when questioned about the investigation by James Smith, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for her seat. Harman also denied that her company, Harman International, runs a sweatshop in Tijuana where workers make $1 per hour and child labor is employed. Smith said the border plant is documented in a video on YouTube.com.
Even while denying the DOJ investigation, Harman has retained George W. Bush's attorney, Ted Olsen, to represent her. Olsen became famous by representing Bush in Florida in 2000, and was ultimately successful in shifting the legal process to the Supreme Court which put Bush, not Al Gore, in the White House.
Harman may be forced to resign if the Justice Dept. investigation concludes that Harman was involved in either leaking documents or trading them for AIPAC intervention with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to help save Harman's seat on the Intelligence Committee.
At Sunday's debate, Smith told the audience that if Harman becomes unelectable or is forced to resign, that he was the only other candidate who would work with a Democratic majority in Congress. The other candidates are a Republican and a Libertarian. He said that the independent Vermont Socialist, Bernie Sanders, worked with Democrats and pushed them on progressive legislation. "I would perform the same role in Congress," said Smith. Harman was fighting back tears as the debate ended.
Relevant websites:
Time Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1549069,00.html
Links to Debate footage and Sweatshop in Mexico: http:www.lalabor.org/Harman.html
Candidate websites:
www.VoteSmithforCongress.org
www.AbramsforAssembly.org
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Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC |
NOMOREWARFORISRAEL |
Monday, Nov. 06, 2006 at 5:05 PM |
Censorship at Jane Harman town hall meeting on nuclear terrorism |
ADDRESSTHETRUTH |
Monday, Nov. 06, 2006 at 5:18 PM |
Full-Page NY Times Ad: "Congress is in Thrall to the Israel Lobby" |
Take America back from Israel |
Monday, Nov. 06, 2006 at 5:46 PM |
US Support of Israel PRIMARY MOTIVATION for 9/11 |
NO MORE WAR FOR ISRAEL |
Monday, Nov. 06, 2006 at 10:37 PM |
PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY IN US UNDER ATTACK |
NO MORE WAR FOR ISRAEL |
Monday, Nov. 06, 2006 at 11:24 PM |
Consequences |
Lord Locksley |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 12:16 AM |
World Trade Center in 1993 |
FBI did it |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 7:57 AM |
Has America ‘lost’ the Middle East? |
ISRAELFIRSTERTRAITORSTOAMERICA |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 8:25 AM |
How Rahm Emanuel Has Rigged a Pro-War Congress |
TakeAmericaBackfromIsrael |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:08 AM |
US vs. AIPAC |
FROMZIONISTOCCUPIEDAMERICA |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:10 AM |
More on the AIPAC Israel Firster Fifth Columnist Traitors to America |
PUT AMERICA BEFORE ISRAEL |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:44 AM |
More on the AIPAC Israel Firster Fifth Columnist Traitors to America |
PUT AMERICA BEFORE ISRAEL |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:44 AM |
The Neocons Turn on Their 'Leader' |
TAKEAMERICABACKFROMISRAEL |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:52 AM |
The neocons turn on their 'leader' |
PUTAMERICABEFOREISRAEL |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 10:54 AM |
The Unmentionable Source of Terrorism |
US Support for Israel Resulted in 9/11 |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 1:02 PM |
US Support for Israel PRIMARY MOTIVATION for tragic attacks on the World Trade Center |
USSUPPORTFORISRAELRESULTEDIN911 |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 1:21 PM |
Damn- World Trade Center in 1993 |
FBI did it |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 1:53 PM |
"beer, Gay rights, women's rights" cheap hot button distractions |
hex |
Tuesday, Nov. 07, 2006 at 3:04 PM |
Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC |
TAKEAMERICABACKFROMISRAEL |
Thursday, Nov. 09, 2006 at 9:37 PM |
look, more white supremacist "anti-Zionism" |
gehrig |
Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 at 12:35 PM |
Better yet, just google "Willis Carto." Notice how The Network emerges |
TW |
Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 at 10:09 PM |
AIPAC Builds Ties With |
FREEUSFROMAIPAC |
Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 at 10:24 PM |
AIPAC and the Neocon (War for Israel) agenda: |
FREEUSFROMAIPAC |
Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006 at 1:03 AM |
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