The question then becomes why this was allowed to be leaked, and why the media is running with it. Sounds like this one has been sat upon for a while. Maybe the commission report is still harshly critical of Clinton, despite the best efforts of bin Veniste, Gorelick, the Jersey Girls and Teresa Heinz Kerry and all their friends in the media. In that case, they may have decided to torpedo the report now with this, just completely demolish it (as if this kangaroo court hasn't already been thoroughly discredited). Berger takes one for the team and "leaves government service" by means of a seven-figure consulting gig at some leftist think tank.
Later, assuming Kerry wins in November, another "independent panel" can be commissioned for the express purpose of ensuring that 100 percent of the blame for the 9/11 attacks is assigned to George W. Bush.
This president is not going to lay down for these low life scum who compromised our national security and cost the lives of thousands of Americans.
And by the way......where is Ms. Breitweisser tonight?
But I don't agree with your scenario.
I think it was a sting operation set up by this administration. First, let us agree that they got Berger on video. He wouldn't be admitting to deliberately stuffing crap in his underwear if they couldn't flip a switch and show him in the act. As for the brief case, well I don't think they got this on tape which is why he is saying "inadvertantly". They know what documents are missing and they know they've been missing since Berger did his burglary. They've got a "before" and "after" inventory for this deed. I don't understand about the briefcase. Would they let him take a brief case in that room? Maybe he had a plant inside the archives and somehow he marked the documents to be pulled when he went through them but couldn't stuff them in his underwear because of the size. The plant might have pulled the documents Berger somehow indicated.
Sounds to me like the Bush admins figured something like this might go down and had a plan. Which doesn't make me unhappy by the way. It's no secret that this 9/11 commission was orchestrated to blame the attacks on Bush and deflect it from the Clinton administration.
Okay, so now, why did this factoid get leaked now? Could it be that the 9/11 commission is ready to release the final report and the time was rife for a convenient leak of this sort to be forthcoming?
It's amazing the warrant to search Berger's house has been kept secret this long. The leak of the info was intentional and was done for this timing, whatever it is-the Dem convention or the commission's report.
This will be big news soon enough. No way it will be kept under wraps.