Jane Harmon smells bad, and she's not alone

As long as I’m catching up with my emptywheel posts –here’s a nice series

• What does a house intelligence chairmanship cost?
  (wherein we learn: CQ reported that “the NSA picked up intercepts of Jane Harman agreeing to lobby DOJ to back off charges on AIPAC's Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman in exchange for AIPAC's support of her getting the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee.”)
  
  
• Alberto Gonzales’ Blackmail Notes and Jane Harman’s Support
  (wherein we learn: [AG] Gonzales spiked an investigation into Harman because he needed her to support the Administration as news of the warrantless wiretap program broke in 2005.)
  
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• Jane Harman: Stupid and Reckless, Not the Victim of Illegal Wiretaps
  (Wherein we learn: Harman was recorded under an NSA warrant approved for the person she was talking to – “Israel[i] covert action operations in Washington”)

 So, the NSA is following the wiretapping rules – picks up a congress member agreeing to a quid pro quo with operatives from another government.

The congress member is then shielded from further investigation by our Attorney General, so they can be used to defend the government’s soon-to-be-revealed program of domestic wiretapping.

Beyond pathetic.