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stolen by Sandy [Burglar] Berger and transferred from Kerry Operative Burglar' underwear to the Impeached Clinton.
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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Too sweet. Let's hope Joe Scarborough pursues this tonight.
I saw NBC news tonight and they had on a story that made it seem like the 9-11 commish was pulling its punches and letting Bush off the hook. It was a really slanted story--no doubt a story to preempt the Berger story that was going to hit later.
And what is with this uproar over Arnies innocuous commnets--what a misdirection play!! The Left is going to do everything in its power to limit the impact of this. They are going to try to keep it in the talk radio/FNC echo chamber. The few times they do mention it they will put pro Berger spin on it.
It's Hillary in 08!
Nope. If Bill's in (and he is--it's even stated in the article), then "she's" involved. This was not cooked up to get Kerry. Get real. It was cooked up to cover up for Clinton, just like it looks.
Wow!
Sounds like they don't even hide from the fact that Clinton is a crook. Yet they still support him.
And the question hanging in the air, of course, is what ELSE have they done that we don't know about!
Katie Colic will probably be wearing black, and look like she's been dragged through a knot hole backwards.
And Hillary's lies?
BREAKING
THIS JUST IN -
[BREAKING]We have the actual photograph of the transfer of the stolen-911-Archived-documents
stolen by Sandy [Burglar] Berger and transferred from Kerry Operative Burglar' underwear to the Impeached Clinton.
What was REALLY snatched?? Maybe stuff on having Usama handed to them on a platter!!
In the FBI search of his office, Berger also was found in possession of a small number of classified note cards containing his handwritten notes from the Middle East peace talks during the 1990s, but those are not a focus of the current criminal probe, officials and lawyers said.
Breuer said the Archives staff first raised concerns with Berger during an Oct. 2 review of documents that at least one copy of the post-millennium report he had reviewed earlier was missing. Berger was given a second copy that day, Breuer said.
Officials familiar with the investigation said Archives staff specially marked the documents and when the new copy and others disappeared, Archives officials called Clinton attorney Bruce Lindsey to report the disappearance.
Berger immediately returned all the notes he had taken, and conducted a search and located two copies of the classified documents on a messy desk in his office, Breuer said. An Archives official came to Berger's home to collect those documents but Berger couldn't locate the other missing copies, the lawyer said.
He retained counsel, and in January the FBI executed search warrants of a safe at Berger's home as well as his business office where he found some of the documents. Agents also failed to locate the missing documents.
Justice Department officials have told the Sept. 11 commission of the Berger incident and the nature of the documents in case commissioners wanted more information, officials said. The commission is expected to release its final report Thursday.
Congressional intelligence committees, however, have not been formally notified.
"The House Intelligence Committee has not been informed on the loss or theft of any classified intelligence information from the Archives, but we will follow up and get the information that is appropriate for the committee to have," the committee said Monday in a statement. "And if it has occurred, we should be informed. If there has been delay in getting the information to the committee we need to know why."
Berger is the second high-level Clinton-era official to face controversy over taking classified information home.
Former CIA Director John Deutch was pardoned by Clinton just hours before Clinton left office in 2001 for taking home classified information and keeping it on unsecured computers at his home during his time at the CIA and Pentagon. Deutch was about to enter into a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge of mishandling government secrets when the pardon was granted.
Ain't it great? Yee haw!!!
This is going to get dirty...............
YUP, A sting for sure, You can bet that George Tenet was involved in this one
When did he and clintoon testify before the committee?
Except, IIRC, Joe Wilson is being paid exactly what he is worth. That is, nothing.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/charlotte/news/special_packages/john_edwards/9122749.htm?1c
Over the years, Edwards has sought advice from Holbrooke; retired Army Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Sandy Berger, Clinton's national security adviser.
"I met with John in the spring of '01, before 9-11, and at that point he wanted to focus and concentrate on terrorism," said Berger. "He really bore down on that issue and the bioterrorism issue."
Kind of like records mysteriously showing up on the table in the White House? Things like this have always whenever the Clintoons & minions are involved.
Scarborough has the people from the "911 All Over Again?" flight, the dryrun flight from Detroit to LA.
Why in tarnation would Bruce Lindsey be called?!
Double huh?????
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