Posted on 07/20/2004 11:55:56 AM PDT by Liz
When nabbed stuffing top-secret material down his pants and socks to spirit them out of the National Archives, Berger was in the process of testifying before the 911 Commission about the extent of his and the Clinton administration's efforts (or lack thereof) to brief the incoming Bush administration about security issues which led to the 9/11 WTC and Pentagon bombings.
Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger was National Security Advisor to President Clinton beginning December 6, 1996. Berger was born on October 28, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. His father eager to leave the city moved the family to Millerton, New York.
Berger graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Law School. After law school, he became speechwriter for George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign where he met the future President Bill Clinton.
When Jimmy Carter won the Presidency in 1976 Berger served as deputy director of policy planning at the State Department under Anthony Lake the man he would replace as national security advisor.
Then, Berger worked in the foreign policy section of Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presidential campaign where his boss at that job was Madeline Albright. Albright would later be appointed secretary of state at the same time Berger would be appointed national security advisor.
Berger was a partner for the Washington law firm of Hogan and Hartson from 1981-1992. Berger and his wife Susan have three children, Deborah, Sarah and Alexander.
The goals and purpose of the national security team which Berger is a part of, is to address both long and short term global policy making and keep the president up to date on all issues involving world problems. Berger said in an early interview, "I think what I have learned is that our job here is to both try to make sure that the President gets the best, sharpest information possible so he can make well informed decisions." Berger’s job more specifically is to be an essential foreign policy guide and traffic cop for the president, coordinating communication between the Oval Office and Cabinet members. Another aspect of his job is to inform the American people what the objectives of the White House are as far as foreign policy goes, especially in the Middle East." I think that American foreign policy has to make sense to the American people, and I think that means it has to be communicated to them well," says Berger.
Berger as a very close friend of President Clinton was often asked to do more than most National Security Advisors of the past. For instance, his office approached then-CNN Washington bureau chief Frank Sesno to arrange the time and location of a "town meeting."
Berger has no enemies in his position except certain members of the Republican party that do not agree with anything about a Clinton-run White House.
Berger is quick witted, blunt, and hard hitting when it comes to defending his views, yet he never hits below the belt. He has been criticized by some for being too passive which nevertheless mirrors Berger’s personality and politics: studied centrism, between aggression and indifference. " I’ve always said containment is aesthetically displeasing but strategically sufficient," erger stated. "You wake up in the morning and [Saddam Hussein] is still there and it would be far preferable than if he weren’t. As for getting Saddam.’ Most Americans would recognize that option would be emotionally gratifying, but the costs of it would be greater than our national interest."
Sources
www.whitehouse.gov/wh/eop/html
Los Angeles Times December 6,1996 page 20
The Washington Post February 24,1998
The New York Times December 6, 1996 page 8
Berger is the co-founder (with Anthony S. Harrington) of Stonebridge International. Thought you might be interested in this part of Mr. Harrington's bio:
"Ambassador Harrington was previously Chairman of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board, Vice Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and a member of the congressionally-created Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U. S. Intelligence Community."
Now that I have your attention...here's the rest.
Anthony Stephen Harrington is President of Stonebridge International, LLC, an international strategic advisory firm based in Washington, DC, co-founded with former National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger.
Previously, he served as Ambassador of the United States to the Federative Republic of Brazil. He was nominated by President Clinton on October 29, 1999, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support in a record 12 days later. Brazil is the fifth largest country, representing about half of South America in population, territory and economy. U.S. business investment in Brazil is greater than in any emerging country, more than in our next-door neighbor Mexico and five times that in China. More than 400 of the Fortune 500 companies have operations in Brazil.
Ambassador Harrington carried out a mandate to upgrade the level of relations between the U.S. and Brazil, arriving at post after almost two years without an ambassador. He worked with a broad range of U.S. companies in addressing concerns related to doing business in the country, and he also actively engaged leaders of Brazilian industry.
In recognition of his accomplishments in U.S.-Brazil relations, the Government of Brazil conferred on Ambassador Harrington the Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross.
Before serving in Brazil, Mr. Harrington was a senior partner of Hogan & Hartson, a 900-lawyer, international firm based in Washington, D.C., with offices elsewhere in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe and Asia. He currently serves as international strategic advisor to the firm.
Ambassador Harrington was previously Chairman of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board, Vice Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and a member of the congressionally-created Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U. S. Intelligence Community.
Other past activities include serving as a founder, director and officer of several business and non-profit corporations. Mr. Harrington was a founder of Telecom*USA, which became the fourth largest U. S. long distance telephone company, prior to its merger with MCI.
Mr. Harrington is a trustee of the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise and a member of the Board of Directors of PRE Solutions, Inc., a private telecommunications company.
OH-OH.
Don't miss #21.
The Clintoon curse to those who even dream of fessing up will produce a severe speech impediment with old SoxGate Bergular.
Some great stuff for the Star indexers of FR.
Please put SoxGate in as a key word on all of the 9/11 threads that you have indexed.
Ernest thanks you.
SoxGate. Even I should be able to remember that. LOL
What an interesting history Sandy has there
Thank Ernest.
I had earlier suggested Socksgate, and he missed that.
However, SoxGate is great! It has less letters and people will not mistake it for the poor cat who lived with the Clintoons until they dumped him on the streets.
My head is dizzy with all this information coming in .. WOW
Thanks for the Ping!
SOXGATE Indeed!!!
Liz with her pantload of the Soxgatebergerlar has some good data. So her thread has earned the Soxgate key word approval.
If Sandy is a close friend of Bill and Hillary and knows where all the bodies are buried, he better not go near Fort Marcy Park or his body may end up their very much dead.
Kind of like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.. ....
Or should it be Sloppy Housekeeping Seal of Approval....
Unbelievable...stuffing notes in his SOCKS.....
Mine too, lots of threads and comments in less than 24 hours....
I'm going to have to take a break to center my old spinning head.
Incredible data on:
Soxgate, the Rat document theft that makes Watergate look like kindergarden kickball.
Hey Sandy. Are those documents in your pants or are you just glad to see me?
Here's some key media to contact/freep:
I got these addresses from Media Research Center,
http://www.mediaresearch.org/MediaAddresses/mediaaddresses.asp#If%20the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
e-mail: conedit@ajc.com
Houston Chronicle
e-mail: viewpoints@chron.com
Miami Herald
e-mail: HeraldEd@herald.com
The New York Times
letters@nytimes.com
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
e-mail: letters@post-gazette.com
USA Today
e-mail: editor@usatoday.com
The Wall Street Journal
e-mail: letter.editor@edit.wsj.com
The Washington Post
e-mail: Letterstoed@washpost.com
The Washington Times
e-mail: wtnews@wt.infi.net
Nice find.
The contact list is increasing exponentially thanks to all our great FR surfers.
Oh, please this boy ain't been "that" glad in a long time.
Why, thank you, kind sir.
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