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To: Sonar5

Thanks, Sonar. This is something I'd considered doing but just didn't have the time.

Let me address it from a little different angle: The Dem Spin.

1. "It was inadvertent."
No way. It happened multiple times, he was stuffing them in his pants, and he destroyed some of them.

2. "There are copies of all of these documents, so what's the harm?"
I've followed this very closely and even Berger's lawyer HAS NOT said this...only the political spinners have said it. They have no way of knowing since we don't know what documents were removed.

3. "The commision got the memo, so in the end there was no effort to hide information."
Note they say the commision got "the memo". But, according to news reports, Berger isn't accused of removing "the memo". He removed multiple DRAFTS Clarke wrote before the final memo. Each draft would have had different wording and emphasis. The commision had no way of knowing whether one or another draft existed...except is Berger told them.

4. They are also muddying the water on whether Berger was allowed to take out notes he made while reviewing the documents. He wasn't. But the Dems are happy to give the impression there was nothing wrong with his doing this.

I'm sure there's more. Who can keep up with the Dems and their spin machine? Just wanted to get this on the record.


50 posted on 07/20/2004 4:59:55 PM PDT by Timeout ("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." Ronald Reagan, first inaugural)
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To: Timeout

"There are copies of all of these documents, so what's the harm?"

I heard that excuse several times today. Some of the pressies seem unaware that copy 20 of 20 copies of a Top Secret document carries the same classification as the original.


53 posted on 07/20/2004 5:33:16 PM PDT by Ben Hecks
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