US Official: Harman wasn't monitored by NSA

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Source: AP

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The National Security Agency did not place a wiretap that reportedly intercepted phone conversations made by Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday.

Dennis Blair, the national intelligence director, declined to say which agency requested the reported wiretap and oversaw the information gleaned from Harman's conversations. Blair was speaking at the dedication of a new intelligence research facility.

The only other agency that has authority to place wiretaps on calls inside the United States is the Justice Department. It requires court approval.

Media reports have suggested the California congresswoman was overheard in an NSA wiretap seeking lenient treatment for two former pro-Israel activists. The activists were later indicted on federal charges of unlawfully possessing and disclosing classified information.

Harman has asked the Justice Department to release a transcript of the intercepted phone conversation, which occurred before 2006.

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[Duer 157099]

1. It was reported last week sometime that it was the FBI

I can't recall where I read it though

[Truth2Tell]

2. Makes more sense

that it would be Justice. They were handling the Rosen/Wasserman case.

[HereSince1628]

3. Well then, just who was? Pelosi was TOLD they were. Fox says so!

It just must be true. :sarcasm:

[benld74]

4. OK I did it, with my little ole Jr. GOPMAN Spy kit!