naivete in extremis, imo. it has long been my belief that members of congress are watched very carefully by the, so called, permagov ...especially the covert services.

given the tendencies of the previous administration, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that she was a target of surveillance, legal or not. in fact, as a D, and given her committee assignment, l'd be very hesitant to give the nsa the benefit of the doubt on this one.

that said, any congressperson who corresponds regarding any serious matter and doesn't use the best encryption systems available deserves to get caught up in a potentially damaging scandal.

this certainly should cost her her seat as well as open her up to federal prosecution.

sadly, it's also my long held belief that it'll never happen.

the revolution will not be televised...

Just setting us up for the NEXT war.

Meanwhile, no shame:

Lieberman Recruits Diplomat in Franklin Leak Case

Avigdor Lieberman asked an Israeli diplomat involved in a Pentagon classified leaks case to be his chief of staff.

Lieberman, the foreign minister in the new Benjamin Netanyahu government, has asked Naor Gilon to take the top career slot at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, JTA has learned, effectively making Gilon his right hand man.

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Gilon, then the political officer at Israel's Washington embassy, allegedly met multiple times between 2002 and 2005 with Lawrence Franklin, a mid-level Iran analyst at the Pentagon who has since pleaded guilty in the case. The men allegedly discussed Iran's nuclear program and its disruptive role in Iraq.

http://forward.com/articles/104924/

Ironically, however, nothing much was gained by it.

The Justice Department did not back away from charging AIPAC officials Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman for trafficking in classified information.

Gonzales was engulfed by the NSA warrantless wiretapping scandal.

And Jane Harman was relegated to chairing a House Homeland Security subcommittee.

Chris Dodd's father did worse, and was censured for it in the Senate.

The wiretapping is also such a yawn - this has been going on since the 1940s. People SHOULD be outraged that people we didn't elect have secret info they can use as blackmail over people we DID elect.

And whatever else her faults, the people keep electing Jane Harman. I'm not fond of her. She's on my list of Democratics too far to the right for my tastes.

But going after her and only her would be a huge mistake. We need to take this on in a much broader way. Really go after everyone who has ever accepted a bribe from a foreign government.

As I said elsewhere, we'd have few left standing. And what a message to the next generation, eh?

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

I hope harman enjoyed her thirty pieces of silver, or whatever she got to play Judas.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??