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.

[MJY1288]

I doubt the whole story, but when the Senate report came out and exposed Joe Wilson for the liar he is, I have been scratching my head for days wondering why nobody on the left side of the Ilse was defending him, after all, he is the maggot who started the "Bush Lied" garbage. I think the Senate Dems might have known the hammer was about to be dropped.

My hope is that it's the sledge hammer this time.

Covering up Presidential Daily Briefs that warned of attacks on the country would get you in front of a firing squad in the old days

[gogipper]

I know you are joking. I assume that everybody who reads this website knows that even hand written notes taken from classified documents are most likely themselves classified at the same level.

[A Citizen Reporter]

It's linked at #677.

[Sacajaweau]

I don't think the press had a clue, but I bet Bush, Ashcroft and a select few knew.

I'd say Bubba and Hitlery knew AFTER Berger's house was searched that we were looking but thought they could get away with it by lying if they had to.

We must have a good case for it to be all over the place.

[Happy2BMe]

My Fellow Democrats, bin Ladin Is Our Friend! And John Kerry Is A War Hero! Emperor Ambiguous Speaks To His Clones

______________________________

Why Bush Is Innocent and the Democrats Are Guilty

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 3,000 people in New York and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be alive today.

[arasina]

There's a pic of a hummingbird on the NY Times front page...nothing about Berger.

Perhaps they expect you to discern that it's a humming-berger.

[kristinn]

I don't know. It was gossiped about. He did show up for her testimony, though.

[notforhire]

This is just too rich!

I can't wait until tomorrow.


Kerry supporting pre-emptive strikes
Soon to be released Clinton memo
Whoopie
Joe Wilson
Sandy Berger

What next?

[cyncooper]

Let's hope this is a new day.

(though I admit I won't be holding my breath. sigh)

[76834]

I cannot wait to hear Rush say tomorrow that for the right journalist there will be a Pulitzer prize in investigative reporting/ journalism on this story.......

Jerry Doyle just picked up on it.
Like you, I cant wait to hear Rush do his number.
Will also be interesting to hear Neil Bortz's spin.

Might have a lot of trouble gettin work done the next few days..

[GVnana]

Bump.

[pbear8]

there will be a Pulitzer prize in investigative reporting/ journalism on this story.......

Or death.

[Ben Hecks]

I think that was Bob Bennett. IIRC, he slipped in the shower and hit the back of his head.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"BTW, I just recalled something. Someone on behalf of the Clinton administration raised a hue and cry about the Bush administration not sending the commission all the documents that were available from the Clinton administration files."

Yes, it was Lindsey, and someone mentioned it above in this thread. Now I have to figure out how to find it again.

[Shaka]

Ladies and gentleman...this is huge.

He was seen stealing the docs...who got copies of these docs???

[kcvl]

Foster's pager was found at the scene. Somebody had apparently erased its memory. The Park Police turned it over to the White House within hours of finding it.

A video surveillance camera records all comings and goings from the White House parking lot. It has been persistently reported that the tapes that would have recorded Vince Foster leaving the White House on the day of his death have vanished from the vault they are normally stored in. A surveillance camera records whoever enters and leaves this vault. The tapes that would have recorded who took the parking lot tapes from the vault have also reportedly vanished. The White House and the FBI have never denied this. If this story is false, it could be laid to rest by simply producing the surveillance tapes in question.

The X-rays are missing. Dr. Beyer told a Park Police investigator X-rays had not revealed any bullet fragments in Foster's head. He later claimed he never took X-rays.

No fingerprints were found on the note despite the fact Foster allegedly had torn it into 28 pieces. Only Bernie Nussbaum's palm print was found.

When Foster's wallet was found on the seat of his car, it contained a note with the names and phone numbers of three psychiatrists. When they were contacted, they said they did not know Foster and had never talked to him. Miquel Rodriguez and others in the Office of the Independent Counsel noted that the numbers jotted down on the note were visibly different from the way Foster wrote numbers.

The White House fired William Sessions, the head of the FBI, the day before Foster's body was found. He was fired on charges of misusing minor perks. It was the first time in history a president had fired a head of the FBI. Sessions would later declare his firing had "seriously compromised" the Foster investigation.

The White House did not comply with police requests that Vince Foster's office be immediately sealed following his death.

Later that night, police officers would passively sit outside Foster's office, while White House aides freely went in and out. Since Foster's office was technically part of a crime scene, this was a gross violation of police procedures.

White House aides were seen ransacking Foster's office. A Secret Service agent saw Maggie Williams moving Foster's files to her office. (MAGGIE WILLAIMS IS STILL WORKING FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN HER NEW YORK OFFICE)

Foster's administrative assistant, Deborah Gorham, has testified that Foster's file index, the document listing everything contained in his files, has vanished. Several other documents and letters, known by Gorham to have been in Foster's safe, have also vanished.

It is not known whether Foster's appointment book was in his briefcase or his office. In any case, it has vanished. It would be considered important evidence in a homicide investigation. This is especially true in the case of Foster, whose whereabouts for the five hours preceding his death are unknown.

At the crime scene, Park Police officer John Rolla searched Foster's pockets for personal effects. Officers Cheryl Braun and Christine Hodakievic watched while Rolla carefully searched Foster's front and back pockets. Rolla found nothing. Foster's wallet and credit cards were found in his Honda, but his car keys were missing. Later that evening, Braun and Rolla went to the morgue to search Foster's pockets a second time. Presumably they were ordered to so. Upon arriving, Braun immediately found two key rings in Foster's right front pocket. One ring had four keys.

At least four witnesses saw a briefcase lying on the front seat of Foster's Honda after the police had arrived. Medical technician George Gonzalez described it as "a black briefcase-attach=E9 case." This briefcase has vanished.

[Liz]

Story is going worldwide. Winnipeg Sun has this header: "Clinton national security adviser investigated for taking classified documents"

[nopardons]

HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimbo123]

Rove's October surprise came early. Let's see how long the NY Times can hold out on reporting the story.

[MJY1288]

ROFLMAO, I just heard MSNBC announce that Chrissy Matthews is doing a special broadcast on Wednesday night covering the 12 dots that would have prevented 9/11 as a lead up to the Dem Convention. :-)

I wonder if his schedule will have a conflict? :-)