Real Irony of Jane Harman Being Interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 Former Rep. Jane Harman is both a victim of NSA spying and a big defender of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tax Evasion Lesson No. 1: Become a Russian Citizen

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2013 French actor Gerard Depardieu has resorted to becoming Russian in order to avoid paying taxes in France, with a little help from Vladimir Putin of course; Jane Harman is being considered for CIA director, despite her past involvement in an Israeli intelligence influence operation; meanwhile, the Obama administration has been compiling a database that helps it determine how to treat a suspected terrorist. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America the Militarized

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2011 For some strange and troubling reason, the Senate's recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, which could drastically change the way the American military relates to US citizens on U soil, failed to raise much of an uproar . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Voting on Weapons and War

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 9, 2011 With a liberal, anti-war candidate, Marcy Winograd, in the race, the vote to replace Rep. Jane Harman in Southern California is likely to be the year’s first national electoral test of support for the Afghanistan War. El Segundo Boulevard, near the Southern California beaches, represents the heart and soul of the military-industrial complex. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Harman Preps for Career Change

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2011 Los Angeles' own Rep Jane Harman is gearing up to leave Capitol Hill in order to head up the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, according to reports that surfaced Monday Her exit isn't expected to change the composition of the House (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tax Cuts According to Barbara Boxer

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2010 California Sen. Barbara Boxer is one of a group of purportedly left-leaning politicians who is choosing to throw in with President Obama in his plan to preserve Bush-era tax cuts that give the wealthy a break along with Americans hailing from lower-income brackets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newsweek Is Sold to 91-Year-Old Stereo Magnate

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2010 Sidney Harman, husband of Rep. Jane Harman, is probably best known as the founder of audio equipment company Harman/Kardon. He is about to be the owner -- a word he says makes him cringe -- of troubled Newsweek magazine. According to a press release, Harman has indicated he intends to keep a majority of the staff. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America’s Forgotten War

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 29, 2010 Perhaps President Barack Obama should be thankful for the bad news—the oil spill, intractable unemployment and the rest—for it has definitely diverted attention from his biggest disaster: the Afghanistan war. Perhaps President Barack Obama should be thankful for the bad news, for it has definitely diverted attention from his biggest disaster: the Afghanistan war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pelosi the Enabler

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 13, 2009 If the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and later House Democratic leader, lacked the authority to publicly question a policy of torture, then how can we condemn, indeed imprison, ordinary soldiers who thought it their duty to follow orders? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Spy Chief Draws Bipartisan Criticism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 Democrats and Republicans don't agree on a lot these days, but they do agree that the US' new spy chief, John Negroponte, is "creating just another blanket of bureaucracy, muffling rather than clarifying the dangers lurking in the world," according to the N. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )