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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124121908115478693.html
From news article:

As for the charge of influence peddling, Ms. Harman told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that she "didn't contact the Justice Department or anybody in the Administration, ever, asking for lenient sentences for anybody." Ms. Harman has also written Attorney General Holder demanding that he release the full transcript of the wiretapped conversation. We're told Mr. Holder hasn't responded.

Now the Harman story is spinning off in even stranger directions, such as whether then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales quashed the Justice Department inquiry because Ms. Harman could be helpful in asking the New York Times not to expose the existence of warrantless wiretaps of foreign terrorists. Ms. Harman is also being attacked by noted jurists Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow, and she may face a left-wing primary challenge. Especially after the Ted Stevens debacle, we'd have thought Mr. Holder would want to clear the air.

Mr. Holder should also re-examine the Aipac case from start to finish. The real scandal in this case starts with the attempted criminalization of policy differences and legitimate lobbying, and ends up in the wiretapping of Congress and the wrecked careers of Messrs. Rosen, Weissman and Franklin. This smacks of abuse of power, and somebody at Justice should be held to account.