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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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Chronic accidental inadvertance. Big problem...
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unbelievable - Tom Harkin is on the floor of the Senate right now spewing lies about the Bush Admin., pitching the tale of Joe Wilson, without any apparent recognition of how his tale has been blown out of credibility and now, here, another top Clinton / Kerry advisor appears guilty of lying, actually stealing damning documents from the National Archives. Now WHO KNEW and WHO LIED? Not Bush.
I'm way behind on this story.
tell me, what did he do with these documents? I know its illegal to remove them, but has there been any allegations regarding what he did with the material? whether he allowed anyone else to see them once they were un-secured by his actions?
Gergen says it's normal to put classified documents in your socks if your a hero.
Why hasn't Berger been indicted?
You know you're really screwed when Kuby is not helping your "civil rights"
This is nothing more than the typical Democratic disregard for truth and the rule of law.
HOLY CRAP.......this just gets better and better!
What did Clinton & Berger know and when did they know it?
That is the question.
It was an accident!
And the Press will buy it hook, line and sinker.
FGS, this is an outrage!
In his socks? And David Gergen goes on the Today Show and says the timing of the leak smells?
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I don't think everything has been revealed yet. He supposedly lost them.
don't forget that Clinton brought Berger & Bruce Lindsey along with him when he testified before the 9/11 commission - the media make a big thing about Bush + Cheney testifying together but that little tidbit of info seemed to have escaped their scrutiny. Now we know why Clinton brought Berger - he needed his assurance and counsel as to which documents Berger successfully stole & took to his home to be shredded before they testified.
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happy anniversary!
5 different times he took documents, he is sloppy often :-)
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