Posted on 07/20/2004 10:21:48 AM PDT by we_will_prevail
7/20/2004 12:54:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: John Feehery or Pete Jeffries, 202-225-2800, both of the Office of House Speaker Dennis Hastert
WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) released the following statement regarding allegations that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger removed highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the 9/11 Commission hearings:
"I am profoundly troubled by allegations that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger removed highly classified documents from the National Archives regarding the Clinton Administration's handling of terrorist attacks prior to the September 11th attacks.
"What could those documents have said that drove Mr. Berger to remove them without authorization from a secure reading room for classified documents?
"What information could be so embarrassing that a man with decades of experience in handling classified documents would risk being caught pilfering our nation's most sensitive secrets?
"Did these documents detail simple negligence or did they contain something more sinister? Was this a bungled attempt to rewrite history and keep critical information from the 9/11 Commission and potentially put their report under a cloud?
"It is my understanding that Mr. Berger shoved this classified information into his clothing to smuggle them out of the National Archives. Press reports indicate that Archival staff became concerned when documents began to disappear and specifically marked additional documents to track them. A number of those documents also turned up missing.
"Mr. Berger has a lot of explaining to do. He was given access to these documents to assist the 9/11 Commission, not hide information from them. The American people and the 9/11 families don't want cover-ups when it comes to the War on Terror. They want the truth. And so does the U.S. House of Representatives."
Have any of the 9/11 commissioners commented on this yet?
Or, are they all in meetings!
Bush, Rove and company understand that people don't start paying attention to presidential contests until the conventions are over. The time before that is just jockeying for position.
I have a feeling that this will not be the only shoe to drop. I am sure Bush has some other "October surprise" stuff to drop before the election.
He knows Kerry will.
This is a god-send for us at this time. But I really want to know what was in those documents. Were they copies? Do the archives keep copies of everything? I'm very, very, curious!
They do have men's thongs! I do not want to form a mental picture.
thongate another Lewinsky similarity
HE'S troubled? How's he think the rest of us feel!
Too funny
Splaining? He should be in stripes.
LOL!
Or at least in a Federal "orange" jumpsuit.
IT'S ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY.
Or, rather, lack thereof.
We'll see...Have any of the networks aside from Fox expressed any interest in finding out what Denny Hastert thinks of this?
I rest my case! LOL
...."this might force the MSM to admit that Clarke..."
You forget who the MSM is.
Lordy, let's hope this story doesn't grow incredible legs and overshadow the democrat convention. ;-)
Sandy Berger is covering his ass.
How can 911 comission make a report when they didn't have all the documents.
But of course, it's just like WACO, they get rid of all the things damaging to them.
Sandy Berger believes, just like Mr. Perry, that our soventy should be turned over to the United Nations.
Absolutely! We have a right to know what documents were destroyed. (And, so do "the widows"....)
I don't think so. I think 'Bergler' as Rush calls him, will get slapped with some penalties, but whether that includes a jail term, God only knows. Just remember that Hill and Bill still have copies of all those republican raw data FBI files. That's why republicans tiptoe around the RATS. Let's hope republicans weigh the country's safety against their own personal future and decide to do what's right.
Rush warned Bergler not to take any walks in Marcy Park.
Embarrassing? NO This is nothing short of Criminal. I demand congressional hearings. This man should be tried, convicted and jailed for his complicity in this conspiracy! Call your republican Senator today. Demand justice.
Steal and Destroy Classified Documents to cover your ass and that of your weak president and not be punished will not go over well with at least half the country!
thonggate.
Do you know if anyone on the Commission has made a statement on this yet?
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