[HenryLeeII]

I can't explain it all. I explained the security system at the Archives a few years ago when I was there was that you took notes on paper they gave you and you showed the staff your notes when you left. You can't have bags. Just pencils. They look at the notes you take to make sure you don't have any of their papers, which are stamped. Hiding your own notes suggests you are hiding archive materials.

The National Archives classified reading room employs the same handling requirements as a SCIF-Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. The information is what is classified, regardless of the media, so Berger was not even allowed to take out his own notes! Doing so is a violation of Archives policy and quite possibly federal law. However, since he was reviewing documents for the 9/11 Commission, arrangements could have been made for him to have notes from which to give testimony during the hearings, although heavily redacted, and he could have had a private session with only the commissioners and no public present. However, given the fact that he destroyed some documents, it appears as though he was most likely after documents that are embarrassing to him and the Clinton administration.

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However, given the fact that he destroyed some documents, it appears as though he was most likely after documents that are embarrassing to him and the Clinton administration.

There is no way to verify that the missing documents were destroyed.

They are *missing* and unaccounted for.

This is a HUGH breach of National Security.

I think Mr. Burger's motivation may have been financial--he was, after all, an *unpaid* liaison to the Kerry camp.

It is not a stretch to imagine he was purposefully put in a position where he had to 'earn his keep.'

I hope someone checks his bank deposits.