So let me get this straight. The NSA wiretaps (listens into, whatever) the phone conversations of a US Congresswoman, and then NSA officials leak what they heard in order to embarrass her and pro-Israel lobbyists? Our intelligence services are listening into phone calls in and out of Congress and then using that information to manipulate politics? This is bad! Really, really bad! Reading the news is starting to be like reading a bad thriller. The story is not some Congresswoman angling for donations from the Israel lobby. The story should be that the NSA is spying on Congress and then leaking the stuff. Are they spying on the Supreme Court too? The Federal Reserve Board? The board meetings of everybody that took TARP money. What is going on here?
More here.
Wake up Tom. The NSA is spying on everybody. You think the warrantless wiretapping program revealed a few years ago was the extent of it? That was just the tip of the iceberg. We essentially live in a police state - welcome to the 21st century.
Posted by: Matt | April 21, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Hey if they're listening in on the TARP board, maybe we can figure out where the money is. See the upside Professor Smith. the glass is half full!
Posted by: unhhyphenatedconservative | April 21, 2009 at 01:43 PM
An American Congressperson was selling out her own country to benefit another country. Isn't that exactly the type of thing the NSA should monitor and protect against?
Unlike people on the Left, I want members of Congress and the President to put the interest of the United States first. I like the Amero-centric world view.
But since it was Israel, there's no story, right? Israel is our friend!
(We'll just forget about the USS Liberty incident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident )
You cons really do crack me up. It's like your brains get turned off when Israel gets mentioned. Suddenly you become internationalists who think that the U.S. should subjugate its interest for that of a foreign country.
Bizarre.
Posted by: Mike | April 21, 2009 at 03:16 PM
No harm done.
Posted by: Brian R. Higgins | April 21, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Political intervention sought in response to a politically motivated prosecution? Scandalous.
Intelligence bureaucrats abusing the courts to undermine the policies of an elected president? Business as usual.
Posted by: Jonathan | April 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM
This is a great example of why we should not be so eager to trade our liberties (freedom from widespread NSA wiretaps) for a modicum of increased security, as politicians following the leadership of the Bush/Cheney administration were so eager to do.
If true, Ms. Harmon's alleged actions are bad. If true, the NSA's intervention into the political process through spying and leaks is worse.
Posted by: Marek | April 22, 2009 at 10:26 AM