Posted on 07/20/2004 7:57:29 AM PDT by hope
Thanks for the info and ping. Will Call.
Best FReegards, Defender2
bump
Whew! I HATE to appear stupid. lol
I thought I heard on FNC that there were witnesses.
It's hard to understand why they would let him walk
out with the documents.
No, it's not a real picture.
I thought of that, but are they the only reason he got caught? Someone last night said there was a video of him doing this, but I couldn't find that confirmed anywhere...that would explain a lot.
I hope the proper authorities indeed do have that video. If so, berger is overcooked to burnt through and through!!!!
I really hope there is a video of it and the authorities have it.
Best To You, DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
D2
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Now, THAT is interesting. They could have seen him,
and turned a blind eye. However, if there was a
security camera, that is tangible proof of his misdeads.
It could explain the call to Bruce Lindsay, instead of
the FBI.
Someone mentioned on another thread that Lindsay and
Berger were with the 'toon when he testified before
the 9/11 commission. I had forgotten about that.
Have you seen this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174825/posts
I just got to that thread.
I see you've already seen it.
I'm always late to the party. ;o)
LOL - well, that's because I'm up at 1:00 in the morning. : )
That explains a lot.
You have to get up pretty early
in the morning around here. ;o)
Can't we just move on?
PING
Hold the mayo, mustard and ketchup which makes a Sandyburgular "sloppy".
Maybe more people will vote for Nader.
Bump
There has to be a video showing this at the National Archives, folks. While I have never been there, I find it very very difficult to believe there isn't several dozen surveillance camera's with complete video records of all activities.
I also believe the Kerry Campaign will be severing ties with Sandy Burglar within the next 72 hours, very publicly.
The guy's gotta be dead. If he weren't... he is now. Pheeew.
It's pretty simple. When you're the number 1 guy in National Security, he can do pretty much whatever he wants (not that it's right).
It was inadvertent, the New York Times says so:
The New York Times spent five paragraphs practically exonerating Berger before mentioning that he's advising Kerry on national security. It's outrageous that in introducing this story to the world, the Times quotes his lawyer first.
Clinton Aide Faces Inquiry for Taking Classified Documents
By MARK GLASSMAN
and DAVID STOUT
Published: July 20, 2004
WASHINGTON, July 20 — President Clinton's national security advisor, Samuel R. Berger, inadvertently removed classified national security documents from the National Archives while vetting them in preparation for testimony before the Sept. 11 commission, his lawyers said Monday night. The revelation caused political fallout whose importance was not clear today.
Mr. Berger removed at least two slightly different versions of a memo critiquing how the government handled national intelligence and security issues before the millennium celebration in December 1999, as well as personal notes he had taken on classified documents, according to one of Mr. Berger's lawyers, Lanny Breuer.
"In the course of reviewing over several days thousands of pages of documents on behalf of the Clinton administration in connection with requests by the 9/11 Commission, I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives," Mr. Berger said in a statement Monday night. "I also took my notes on the documents reviewed. When I was informed by the Archives there were documents missing, I immediately returned everything I had, except for a few documents that apparently I had accidentally discarded."
Mr. Berger said he "deeply regret the sloppiness involved" and that he did not intend to keep any document from the commission. The investigation and Mr. Berger's statement were first reported by The Associated Press. All of the documents and notes were returned by Mr. Berger to the archives in early October, within a week of his learning they were missing, his lawyers said.
"I think it's clear from his actions that he absolutely no intention to hide anything," Mr. Breuer said on Monday night.
Nevertheless, Mr. Berger's actions could have ripple effects. For one thing, he has been an adviser to Senator John Kerry, President's Bush's presumptive Democrat opponent. Then, too, the disclosure that the documents were mishandled comes just before the Sept. 11 commission is to release its long-awaited report. A spokesman for the commission, Al Felzenberg, told The Associated Press today that Mr. Berger's actions would have no effect on the work of the panel, which Mr. Felzenberg said had had access to all the materials it needed.
The Times didn't quote a government official until the second page of the website story:
Federal agents investigated the allegations that Mr. Berger mishandled classified materials, a senior government official said Monday evening. The official said that the inquiry had concluded and was now being reviewed by prosecutors at the Justice Department who will decide whether any laws were broken.
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