Posted on 05/17/2007 1:36:45 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Clinton aide forfeits law license in Justice probe
By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES May 17, 2007
Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law.
In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer, Mr. Berger's attorney, the former national security adviser said he pleaded guilty in the Justice Department investigation, accepted the penalties sought by the department and recognized that his law license would be affected.
"I have decided to voluntarily relinquish my license," he said. "While I derived great satisfaction from years of practicing law, I have not done so for 15 years and do not envision returning to the profession. I am very sorry for what I did, and I deeply apologize."
In giving up his license, Mr. Berger avoids being cross-examined by the Board on Bar Counsel, where he risked further disclosure of specific details of his theft. The agreement is expected to be formalized today.
Mr. Berger, national security adviser from 1997 to 2001, was convicted of removing documents from the Archives in 2005 while preparing to testify before the September 11 commission.
Fined $50,000, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and barred from access to classified material for three years, he also was ordered to undergo a polygraph test if asked -- although the Justice Department has declined to administer the test despite urging by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III of Virginia, ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform.
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No news here, its Alberto Gonzalas who is the criminal.
Ought to be able to serve Mrs. Clinton is a couple of years.
Ought to be able to serve Mrs. Clinton (correction) is -should be *in* a couple of years.
Was this also of Bill Clinton before independent counsel? Hmmm...
Huh. Look for the corrupt-to-the-core Bush Justice Department to step in and plead Sandy’s case to the bar while asking that Sandy be spared the need to testify.
I think it’s Lanny Breuer, not Larry.
Berger should still be in a stockade somewhere in ankle chains.
Can someone just make him say WHY he stuffed documents down his pants? Why is this so impossible for us to do?
I would say neither party is really interested in further discussion of the utter incompetence that led to 9/11.
“Can someone just make him say WHY he stuffed documents down his pants? Why is this so impossible for us to do”?
Aren’t criminals who accept plea bargains obligated to tell why they did the crimes? Nothing this moron knows could possibly hurt George Bush. If it could, Berger would have said it years ago.
Big whoop...
Like he’s gonna starve to death or end up on the streets without it.
This whole story stinks and is one of the biggest reasons for my discontent with the Bush administration. Why in the name of Ned wasn’t he hammered?
Opps, yeah... those 500 FBI files the Clintons stole.
Fined $50,000, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and barred from access to classified material for three years, he also was ordered to undergo a polygraph test if asked -- although the Justice Department has declined to administer the test despite urging by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III of Virginia, ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform.
This stinks to high heaven. Berger and Clinton are traitors and should be held responsible for 9-11, especially in light of these charges.
The American people should be demanding justice and a thorough investigation, no matter what democrats it exposes.
I'm pretty pissed off right now.
Liberal Bias? Nah! Couldn't be that.
That wasn’t a “slap on the wrist”. It was a love pat on the fanny.
Didn't see it until it was too late.
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