You really ARE a Clintonista kneepadder.Go back to DU!
I think the damage is done already, whether McAuliff's FOI request is honored or not.
The Democrats get propaganda out of filing this FOI request. They make the Republicans look like they are using the DOJ against Kerry.
It is also possible that Berger did use these documents to write position papers for the Democrats, but Kerry doesn't know Berger did this.
According to posters, Kerry took the possibly secret information off his site the other day to cover up the fact that he used Berger's information. But an argument could also be made that Kerry took the information down to protect information that might be classified very highly. Whatever the motive, taking the information down was the responsible thing to do if there was a chance it contained secrets.
It seems to me that if this information is very secret and we don't want Al Qaeda to know it, why is Free Republic posting it and telling everyone (including our terrorist enemies} how to get it on the internet? This was not good thinking.
Does Free Republic care more about getting Kerry than protecting secrets? Kerry took the information down as soon as it appeared that it might be secret. Free Republic posted it.