Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he [1] 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 [2] 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 ("knowingly removed") 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.
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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.
So all known copies of that report are gone now.....amazing.
This is the part I just can't believe. It's so blatantly stupid that I'm having a hard time comprehending it.
...and I tried to eat all the incriminating stuff. ;-)
Why would he need TWO OR THREE COPIES of the same report?
Mark for later... got to go take a shower. *g*
oh no its Berger-gate.
I wonder what was in his FBI file to do this act to protect Hitlary and Bill.
Thanks for the ping
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved, but I had no intention ("knowingly removed") 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."
Translation...I deeply regret I was caught.