Posted on 07/19/2004 5:07:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos
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By JOHN SOLOMON
WASHINGTON - President Clinton (news - web sites)'s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.
Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news - web sites) agents armed with warrants. Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had taken from classified anti-terror documents he reviewed at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. He also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio, they said.
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved, but I had no intention of withholding documents from the commission, and to the contrary, to my knowledge, every document requested by the commission from the Clinton administration was produced," Berger said in a statement to the AP.
Berger served as Clinton's national security adviser for all of the president's second term and most recently has been informally advising Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites). Clinton asked Berger last year to review and select the administration documents that would be turned over to the commission.
The FBI searched Berger's home and office with warrants earlier this year after employees of the National Archives told agents they believed they witnessed Berger put documents into his clothing while reviewing sensitive Clinton administration papers, officials said.
When asked, Berger said he returned some of the classified documents, which he found in his office, and all of the handwritten notes he had taken from the secure room, but said he could not locate two or three copies of the highly classified millennium terror report.
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I don't recall her mentioning where she actually got the memo from
I believe it will be a clean sweep now, I use to think it would by 46 states, but after tonight I agree with you, ALL 50 States cast their Electorial votes for George W. Bush
Good ol' Vern...MUD
Sweep, sweep, sweep. What makes you think that? Sweep, sweep, sweep.
Funny, I was thinking sort of that same thing a bit ago, especially about the nights of the 2000 election; mainly, of course, I was thinking that, yet again, I cannot keep up!
Thanks! And Happy Anniversary!
There is the matter of public trust.
Naturally, the District of Columbia will go for the Dark Side.
Your first log-on was one small step for Howlin, but one giant leap for Howlkind.
Certainly a plausible scenario.
Regarding my earlier Kerry campaign speculation, I didn't have enough facts. If I understand the situation correctly now, Berger stole the documents last October. So that might make it a little early to have a connection to the Kerry campaign, which was floundering then.
*L* .. I've had this on my tagline for weeks now
Looks like my dream could very well come true :0)
Scan through snooker's posts on this thread starting at 38; he may be on to something:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174542/posts?page=38#38
Folks, don't forget Berger is a DEMOCRAT! Thus he could commit murder on camera and get off like OJ.
Have none of you learned anything? Dems are NEVER held accountable and if they are, it's a "badge of honor" to fight the "evil right wing" and everyone in the so-called mainstream press and the useful idiots that prop them up are happy to provide cover.
This is already a non-story. Once Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly, etc. talk about it becomes not a story about lies and theft and becomes a story about right-wing attacks that the idiots amongst us happily lap up as long as it's combined with the newest Hollywood movie!
Face it, we are going to have to have a civil war and (risking total ban here) just start killing these idiots and remove them from the gene pool!!!!!
I wonder if Berger pilfered any of the memos on the intelligence surrounding the El Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. Berger claimed, on the night of the attack on the plant, that he was "certain" the plant was producing EMPTA, a key component of VX nerve gas. Allegations of connections to Iraq's Samara Drug Industries, a firm with connections to the head of Iraq's VX program, were subsequently withdrawn with the excuse that the Clinton administration was "unaware" that the pharmaceutical plant had changed ownership, six months before.
I was thrilled hearing it on foxnews tonight. The tides are turning and these people are finally seeing our wrath.
What is worse is that we got 8 years of Willie that hurt this country more than any President in it's history.
funny, still not on CNN.
I bet Al Jezeera in Canuckistan has aired it already
Additionally, every copy which is classified "Secret" or above is always numbered and tracked. It's the law and everyone who handles these documents knows what they are......copy or orginal. Sandy Berger knew precisely what he was stealing and what the law says about it.
The only motive I can discern is that he must have believed he had originals(drafts submitted for review)........very few in number......and he got them all. Perhaps to ensure his chances of a good job in a prospective Kerry adminstration???
Carter was much worse in overall damage. At least Clinton gave us a GOP Congres who stopped most of the damage.
I'll check back in a.m. Good to see you, Howlin. Thanks for answering my ping, Nita!
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