Posted on 07/19/2004 8:42:16 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
This is why he stole the documents and "lost" them: http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200404151634.asp
1. Stage another election-year race riot and cry police brutality.
2. Stage some very violent demonstrations.
3. Bomb their own convention. Bound to knock this news off the air.
4. Bring up Abu Ghraib again. We know how the press loves that story.
5. Keep their pants zipped and let the press do the work for them.
6. It doesn't matter, they've got the election computers rigged anyway and now there's no chads or papertrail!
Perhaps Providence, rather than Luck played a part too.
That's my thinking. :)
Perhaps he has double vision.
At least, I found it ironic.
Clinton will do anything to get this story knocked off the news, but suicide isn't his style. Perhaps the funeral of a former First Lady/Senator.
I know, do you believe that? Ahnold's "girlie man" remarks were all over TV and radio news today. They just breathlessly covered it with oh so much gravity on my local CBS affiliate 11pm news. Give me a break...
Or the reruns of Bonanza.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a36fe7f421ae8.htm
Berger was "chief Lobbist for Ch-Coms??
Isn't sandy berger advising the kerry campaign on national security matters?
I'd love to see how kerry tries spinning out of this
I wasn't implying suicide.
I was implying Arkancide. But since Hillary's official residence is in Chappaqua, I guess I'd have to use the cumbersome term "Chappaquacide".
fyi
AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a Justice Department investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes 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 agents armed with warrants after he voluntarily returned documents to the National Archives. However, still missing are 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.PERHAPS UNCLE BILL KNOW THAT Al-Qaida was going to use Planes on the US.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had made while reading classified anti-terror documents at the archives by sticking them in his jacket and(Down his) pants. He also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio, they said.
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved(SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE TRIAL ATTORNEY), 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.
Lanny Breuer, one of Berger's attorneys, said his client has offered to cooperate fully with the investigation but had not yet been interviewed by the FBI or prosecutors. Berger has been told he is the subject of the criminal investigation, Breuer said.
There are federal laws strictly governing the handling of classified information, including prohibiting the unauthorized release or removal of such materials.(HE EVIDENTLY WAS ABOVE THE LAW).
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(KERRY BETTER HAVE THE SMARTS TO DUMP THIS STIFF). Clinton asked Berger last year to review and select the administration documents that would be turned over to the commission.
Audio
Solomon reports Berger has been told he's the focus of the Justice Department investigation of missing terrorism documents.
The FBI searches of Berger's home and office occurred after National Archives employees told agents they believed they saw Berger place documents in his clothing while reading sensitive Clinton administration papers and that some documents were then noticed missing, officials said.
When asked, Berger said he returned some classified documents that he found in his office and all of the handwritten notes he had taken from the secure room, but could not locate two or three copies of the highly classified millennium terror report.(THE DOG CHEWED IT UP- I THINK I USED THAT ONE IN COLLEGE)
"In the course of reviewing over several days thousands of pages of documents on behalf of the Clinton administration in connection with requests by the Sept. 11 commission, I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives," Berger said.(tHAT SAID THAT BIN LADEN WAS GOING TO USE AIRPLANES TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES, SO WHATS THE BIG DEAL OF A FEW MISSING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT THE 9-11 COMMITTIE DIDN'T GET TO SEE BECAUSE MY DOG ATE THEM.
"When I was informed by the Archives that there were documents missing, I immediately returned everything I had except for a few documents that I apparently had accidentally discarded," he said.(HIS DOG ATE THEM REALLY! THE GUY IS NOT EVEN A GOOD LIAR!)
Breuer said Berger believed he was looking at copies of the classified documents, not originals.(THEY HAD ALREADY DISPOSED OF ALL THE ORIGINALS BUT FORGOT THESE COPIES THAT THEY NEEDED TO DISPOSE OF).
Berger was allowed to take handwritten notes but also knew that taking his own notes out of the secure reading room was a "technical violation of Archive procedures, but it is not all clear to us this represents a violation of the law," Breuer said.(TRUE CONTEMPT OF LAW)
Government and congressional officials familiar with the investigation, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the probe involves classified materials, said the investigation remains active and no decision has been made on whether Berger should face criminal charges.
The officials said the missing documents were highly classified, and included critical assessments about the Clinton administration's handling of the millennium terror threats as well as identification of America's terror vulnerabilities at airports and seaports.(HAD TO HID THE FACT THAT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION KNEW HOW BAD BIN LADEN WANTED TO US PLANES).
Berger testified at one of the commission's public hearings about the Clinton administration's approach to fighting terrorism. The former president answered the panel's questions at a private meeting.
The former national security adviser himself had ordered his anti-terror czar Richard Clarke in early 2000 to write the after-action report and has spoken publicly about how the review brought to the forefront the realization that al-Qaida had reached America's shores and required more attention.(YES! THE SAME I'M SORRY RICHARD CLARKE).
Berger testified that during the millennium period, "we thwarted threats and I do believe it was important to bring the principals together on a frequent basis" to consider terror threats more regularly.
The missing documents involve two or three draft versions of the report as it was evolving and being refined by the Clinton administration, officials and lawyers say. The Archives is believed to have copies of some of the missing documents.
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.(HOW ACCURATE IS A REPORT WHEN ITEMS ARE MISSING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN IT. THIS WAS A PARTISAN WITCH HUNT AND AGAIN THIS SHOWS THE LEVEL THAT THE DEMOCRAPS GO TO HIDE SHIT.
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.
This is just too bizarre.......but I'm loving it!
CNN Headline News just led with this at 12:30. Didn't say much though.
God I feel like we're back in the 90's mired in the Clintoon corruption. I'm sorry GWB chose to turn over a new leaf instead of hauling them ALL off to jail. Is there no end?
There must have been a few cameras on in that secure room. What a fool Sandy Burger is! Security advisor, indeed!
``I'd love to see how kerry tries spinning out of this``
Kerry: "Mr. Berger was my advisor after I decided he would not be helping me in this capacity prior to my decision to make a unilateral appointment to this advisory position to another advisor who in this case was not Mr. Berger. I really don't even know who this guy is."
Kerry Supporters: "Well handled Mr. Kerry".
Something kinda similar happened in 1972. Think it was something called Watergate. But, then again something else similar happened about the same time. It was called the Pentagon Papers. Wonder which road the media will go down on this one.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.