In the Arena

Harman Update

About an hour ago I received a call from Jane Harman’s–uh, embarrassed–chief of staff saying that after her conversation with me yesterday, she changed her mind and voted against the war funding. I like Harman a lot. She is one of the best-informed Democrats on intelligence matters but….Yikes. If there’s more from the Harman camp this holiday weekend, I’ll pass it along to you.

Meanwhile, several readers are wondering whether my editors know who my sources are. Of course they do. Every piece that appears in the magazine is read and edited by several editors, fact-checked and copy edited.

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