WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samuel "Sandy" Berger, national security adviser under former President Bill Clinton, is under investigation after removing classified documents from the National Archives while he prepared to appear before the Sept. 11 commission, a U.S. official said Monday.
The official, who asked not to be named, said the investigation was pending and could provide no other information. Another official confirmed an investigation was taking place.
Berger said he inadvertently took a few documents and his notes on the material reviewed but immediately returned them when he was told by the Archives that the documents were missing.
"I immediately returned everything I had, except for a few documents that apparently I had accidentally discarded," Berger said in a statement.
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved but 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.
A Justice Department official refused to comment.
This is big, How long before we hear that Clinton is who asked him to go to the National Archives?
You have to wonder how long the press has been sitting on this.
Because either this is the biggest story since Princess Di, or they've had a while to get these stories together.