Posted on 07/20/2004 8:09:33 AM PDT by hope
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:02 a.m. EDT WSJ: Berger Took Secret 9/11 Docs on Five Occasions Kerry campaign advisor Sandy Berger removed secret terrorism documents from a 9/11 Commission reading room on no fewer than five occasions, his lawyer Lanny Breuer admitted late Monday night. Breuer told the Wall Street Journal that his client, who served previously as the Clinton administration's National Security Advisor, inadvertently removed several copies of an after-action report on the foiled 1999 Millennium bomb plot during two separate visits to the top secret facility.
Breuer said also that Berger had deliberately removed handwritten notes that he had taken during three additional visits to the Archives last fall to review classified documents. Mr. Breuer said removing those notes was a violation of National Archives policy, and that Mr. Berger regretted the action. "He knew it was a technical violation, and he admits that it was an error in judgment." But according to New York civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby, Berger's decision to remove his notes wasn't just a "technical violation." "You're not permitted to remove anything from that room - period," he said Tuesday morning. "And that means even your notes. If you're taking notes about classified information, those notes are now classified. They're placed in a secure area. You can have access to them only while being viewed by a security officer. Nothing gets removed." Even if Berger had only removed his personal notes on classified material, it would still be a crime, said Kuby, who learned about classified reading room procedures during his own involvement in the trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers.
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He probablyu removed them because they were damaging to the CLinton Administration, regarding how ill-prepared they were to deal with terrorism and how they knew they should have tried to root out Al-Qaeda here in the US and failed to act.
He did it For the Children.
Has anyone been over to the DUh to see what the idiots are saying about this yet. I would check it out myself but I just got out of the shower.
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"Fat Sandy the Burglar" is gonna look sweet in an orange jump suit...LMAO
Re#4 It used to be amazing, now it's SOP--diversion and soundbites for the presstitutes. Methinks it will be for naught....
What or whom is Berger going to give up to avoid criminal charges?
Where's the LSM on this?
Of course, the Press will focus on the "leak" and ignore the crime...
"Who leaked this! Leaking this was the crime! It was political!"
Seems he was there to help the Clinton team decide what would be turned over to the commission. I guess there were some items (hand written notes) that he thought should not see the light of day.
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This makes you wonder what the Clintons have on their appointments to make them so loyal as to engage in a coverup....
LOL. Ain't that the truth...
There is just no explanation of his actions other than something illegal!
Oh, never mind it's about one of theirs.
This whole thing was just an oversight. Just last week I was in my attorneys office and when he stepped out some papers beloging to my litigant accidentally slipped into my pants. They were loose fitting Dockers, could've happened to anyone. Didn't realize it until I got home. So I read and photocopy them bfore I returned them, in case I lost them on the way back to his office.
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