AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos [Sandy Berger is the focus of a criminal investigation]

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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.

[JediForce]

LOL ... " package enhancement " .... lol... I am a little behind on the thread...this brought tears to my eyes LOL...TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS !!!!

[samantha]

It can still hurt Skerry because Berger is his adviser now,and would be a cabinet office holder in a Skerry administration.

[Howlin]

Gosh, do you think we should sign up for the Sandy Berger Google News Alert?

[piasa]

Maybe if Kerry had attended some of those intel briefings, he might have been clued in about his advisor, who has gone from "Kerry's key advisor" to "Kerry's informal advisor" to "former Clinton advisor." By tomorrow he might be called a "former white house advisor" and shortly after that the press might even hint that he's a Republican as they did with Wilson and Clarke.

Now would be an opportune time to let the ever-slipping Kerry slide all the way away and make room for a superhero to step in and save the Democrat Party. Maybe they could nominate someone else at the rat convention- have the delegates vote for Michael Moore. ;-)

[SandRat]

Something tells me that reprints of LtCol. "Buzz" Patterson's book "Dereliction of Duty" are going to be hot items in book stores.

[nopardons]

More like John Cleese and Eric Idle.It's a Monty Python sketch!

[Fledermaus]

Only $18,000 over that time? What a cheapskate!

[Howlin]

RE: 1097

Somebody's in for the proverbial rude awakening, eh?

[MJY1288]

You might be correct, but I have a little more faith in the moderate Democrats who are never interviewed by the left wing press. If this investigation ends up implicating Bill Clinton, The Democrats are done this time, because the report is bipartisan, and the video, I am certain the National Archives has, of Sandy Berger stealing the documents, as reported, will deliver a severe blow to the RATS

[Jeff Chandler]

I'm just posting my opinion to individual threads on the subject.

I'm highly frustrated by the Republican's total lack of killer instinct and their uncanny ability to turn opportunity into liability. The Senate Intelligence Committee note is a case in point.

I'm sick of the New Tone preventing the rats from receiving their just rewards.

[nopardons]

Now that's a thought! Cleland is so smarmy.

[Fledermaus]

Looks like the "dead parrot" sketch! he he

[Tamzee]

$18,000 that was reported.... it's just as easy to stuff cash down your pants as it is to stuff classified reports ;-)

[restornu]

Somehow I agree it will just fayaway like everything else......we all swallowed that OKA bombing was only Mcviegh and Nickols.......flight 800 was faulty wiring etc......and on and on it......goes!

[MJY1288]

I read that book, and this is why I feel Bill Clinton is deeply involved in this deal. I believe he is trying to cover up his negligence

[nopardons]

HAPPY FR 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY !

[Jeff Chandler]

Everybody here is jumping up and down with excitement. Have we no memory? How many times have we gotten all hyped up over a Clinton rat criminal act, only to watch the story disappear?

My name is not Charlie Brown, and I WON'T try to kick that football again.

I hope I'm all wet over this, but I really doubt it.

[SandRat]

Something tells me he's also tucked away under the rug of the book The French Betrayal of America.

[the Real fifi]

What he may have been trying to strip from the records. http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/19/221714.shtml

[My2Cents]

Why would Berger give significant coin to Jane Harman? Is she on the House Intel. Comm?