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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It is not the first time it has happened to some of my younger relatives and me.
KSFO has a great morning show with Lee Rogers and Melanie Morgan. Lee has done stuff that has drivers all over their broadcast area pulling over because of the laughter caused by Lee.
Arnold is great in his Girly Men talk. Hopefully some html expert will find it and post it so we all can listen.
Just don't have a mouth of coffee when you listen. He is even better the second and third time you hear it.
I was initially excited by the news about Berger getting caught taking classified documents, but the sad truth is the networks + major newspapers will minimize the seriousness of this incident. They will probably infer that Berger just made a mistake, and that he is simply another victim of rightwing/Christian/Republican zealots. We should all know the drill by now. This will go NOWHERE. Sixty percent of Americans who watch the news choose to watch one of the three network channels + they suck it all up.
Here's some key media to contact/freep:
I got these addresses from Media Research Center,
http://www.mediaresearch.org/MediaAddresses/mediaaddresses.asp#If%20the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
e-mail: conedit@ajc.com
Houston Chronicle
e-mail: viewpoints@chron.com
Miami Herald
e-mail: HeraldEd@herald.com
The New York Times
letters@nytimes.com
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
e-mail: letters@post-gazette.com
USA Today
e-mail: editor@usatoday.com
The Wall Street Journal
e-mail: letter.editor@edit.wsj.com
The Washington Post
e-mail: Letterstoed@washpost.com
The Washington Times
e-mail: wtnews@wt.infi.net
I thought the same thing!!!!
Breaking................
Cavuto, FoxNews, Berger is stepping down as Kerry's advisor.
Check the details here:
SENATE REPUBLICANS ACCUSE JOHN KERRY OF USING CLASSIFIED INFO STOLEN BY SANDY BERGER
Note that this link is to the post containing the now-scrubbed Kerry transcript!
True, but the Google cache of the Kerry website showed the info. Some FReepers probably have saved the previous version of the Kerry website---for posterity, of course.
lol
It seems to me to be a story that CNN is pursuing harder than usual - like reporters smalling blood of a "real" story like the watergate days.
My link is to post 101 of that thread - a copy and paste from the Google cache. *g*
"What I want to know is: was there a video camera working during Berger's lifting of the documents and if so, why hasn't it been released to FOX news?"
i fear this is where bush's "new tone" might come into play. i'd love to see it released, but i dont think it will happen.
time to apply some pressure...email/fax/phone call campaign to get this video
CNN has no choice but to play this one hard or they'll lose their 5 viewers to Fox.
SANDY BERGER QUITS KERRY CAMPAIGN!:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175058/posts
Berger Steps Down As Kerry Adviser:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175079/posts
CNN: Colleagues defend Berger in documents probe (deny, deny, deny Sock story!!!):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174989/posts
The deeper meaning behind Sandy Berger:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174923/posts
SENATE REPUBLICANS ACCUSE JOHN KERRY OF USING CLASSIFIED INFO STOLEN BY SANDY BERGER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175028/posts
Ginsberg: "Kerry Must Answer This ESSENTIAL Point Re: Sandy Berger":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174857/posts
TESTIMONY OF BERGER BEFORE 9/11 COMMISSION, March 24, 2004 (w/Q&A transcript--long):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175084/posts
Fallout Continues Over Clinton Aide's Handling of Secret Memos:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175053/posts
NEW York Times reply to my email of complaint(Berger News Suppression):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175097/posts
DFU SONG: If I Fell (believe it or not, this is a Sandy Berger pants song)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175096/posts
Berger/Kerry Campaign Intelligence Flap - Could this be Hillary's "In" for the Nomination:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1175090/posts
U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE LARRY KLAYMAN AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON SANDY BERGER:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175044/posts
CBS Radio News: Chickens more important than Berger National Security scandal!:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175041/posts
Berger Story -- Dem Talking Points -- It's The Timing of the Leak, Not the Offense!:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175027/posts
Berger Theft Summarized by me, Kerry and Clinton Connections, and Implications...:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175008/posts
What is the Significance and Implications of the Sandy Berger Story?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1174998/posts
WE Must Link Berger to Kerry campaign for the record:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174993/posts
Sandy Berger Illegally Removes Classified Documents From The National Archives In DC:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174992/posts
BACKSTORY: Sandy (pantload) Berger (go-to guy for McGovern, Dukakis, Clinton, Kerry):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174983/posts
Hastert Statement on Berger Allegations:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174962/posts
The Berger Investigation began in OCTOBER??????
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174951/posts
Hang in there Kerry, it'll be a pleasure for the right to kick your traitor a*s!
BERGER'S DISGRACE SHAKES KERRY'S CAMPAIGN:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175009/posts
POLL:Have you ever mistakenly shoved top secret documents down your pants?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175007/posts
Swap "Condi" for "Sandy" and what would be going on?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174970/posts
Sandy Berger Hires Clinton Lawyer Lanny Breuer, Contacts Prosecutors..'willing to cooperate':
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174898/posts
My Letter to MSNBC:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174984/posts
Hastert Statement on Berger Allegations:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174913/posts
Federal probe targets Clinton's national security adviser:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174936/posts
Clinton Aide Faces Inquiry for Taking Classified Documents (NY Times Finally Reports):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174946/posts
kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174917/posts
Ya done good, Sandburgler!:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174914/posts
Kerry Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Fight the War on Terrorism(2/27/04)-Incriminating Evidence?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175055/posts
Iowahawk: TrouserGate Update
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175032/posts
Clinton’s Former Aide Drops Windfall in the Lap of Bush Campaign:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174991/posts
Kerry denied ever hearing of classified documents. How would he know what was classified unless he knew?
Let's old Sandy in a Federal Max Prison where he's sure to be PROBED. Who's with me on this?
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