Be careful what you wish for. And never take for granted the loyalty of your enemies.In a typically brilliant analysis, Legal Insurrection's Prof. Jacobson notes that the forthcoming Congressional hearings on the treatment of high level Al Qaeda detainees, set in motion by the President's foolish decision to release the OLC memoranda, can only hurt the Democrats and help the Republicans. I love Jacobson's conclusion: that would be a wonderful result to my way of thinking.So Jane Harman is the Democrats big hope? The same Jane Harman who Nancy Pelosi refused to allow to become Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, despite Harman's seniority? The same Jane Harman who Democrats tried to throw under the bus on the now-dropped AIPAC prosecutions by leaking that Harman was wiretapped talking to a possible "Israeli agent"? That Jane Harman? The only person who did object to waterboarding is expected to run interference for Democrats who went along to get along and who...(Read Full Post)