On warrantless wiretapping, Harman worked with John Conyers to introduce a new bill to insure the President complies with FISA:

In the wake of the USA Today story about the NSA's collection of telephone records of millions of Americans without court order, my colleague John Conyers and I introduced an important new bill -- and we're asking for your help to encourage your Member of Congress to cosponsor it.

The "Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act" (LISTEN Act) would make it crystal clear that any efforts to listen in on Americans or gather phone & email records must comply with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- created by Congress in 1978 to correct the excesses of the Nixon Administration -- and Title III of the criminal code. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Please email your Member of Congress now, and urge them to join Rep. Conyers and me in bringing the LISTEN Act to a vote on the House floor!

/s/ Jane Harman

Harman has steadfastly opposed the talk of war with Iran:

It's not that Iran isn't a threat. A nuclear Iran would constitute a strategic threat to the U.S. and Europe, and an existential threat to Israel. Iran bankrolls Hezbollah, a dangerous terrorist organization that has attacked western interests. President Ahmadinejad's anti-Israel rhetoric is hideous and must be condemned. But our intelligence on Iran's nuclear program is not good enough to know Iran's true capabilities and intentions. Until we know what Iran is capable of, we won't know the most prudent course of action.

I've spent the past three years helping to ensure that we don't repeat the mistakes that led to the Iraq war, our nation's biggest strategic and tactical blunder in 30 years. I helped lead the charge in Congress to investigate the massive intelligence failure that led to the invasion. In September 2003, I co-wrote the first critique of pre-war intelligence in a letter to then-CIA Director George Tenet. I also pushed the House Intelligence Committee to conduct a full investigation of the failure. And in April 2004, I introduced legislation to modernize the Intelligence Community. (A version of that legislation became law in December 2004.)

The Bush Administration's incompetence and arrogance have undermined stability in the region. Donald Rumsfeld is the architect of the war and he should be fired.

A smart policy on Iran must begin with good intelligence. Before the drumbeat for war gets any louder, I'm demanding more accuracy and less hype.

That's why I strongly supported an Amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act that would require classified quarterly reports to the Intelligence Committees on Iran's nuclear program. The Republican-led Rules Committee chose not to allow the House to debate that Amendment -- a move that I deemed so egregious that I voted against the Intelligence funding bill for the first time in my career.

We have little clarity on Iran's capability and intentions. This is not the time to talk of war.

Frankly, I think it is a shame Harman will not chair the Intelligence Committee and it is a shame that Glenn has been unfair to her in his post.