Lanny Davis paging Mr. Hamburglar...Lanny Davis paging Mr. Hamburglar
Posted on 07/20/2004 6:35:36 PM PDT by hope
Prosecutors: No Dice on Berger Deal Justice Department prosecutors have reportedly rejected several offers from former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger's lawyer to resolve the department's eight-month long investigation into his illegal removal of top secret documents from the 9/11 Commission's reading room. In the intervening months, Breuer has renewed Berger's offer to come clean several times. But in a bad omen for the former top Clinton national security official, the Justice Department has repeatedly rebuffed the offer and refused to enter into any discussions. Instead, Deputy Attorney General James Comey warned Tuesday that Berger - who resigned hours ago as a top campaign advisor to presidential candidate John Kerry - could face jail time. "It is against the law for anyone to intentionally mishandle classified information, either by taking it to give to somebody else, or by mishandling in a way that is outside the regulations of government information," Comey told reporters in Washington. "We take issues of classified information very, very seriously," he added. "It's our lifeblood to keep secrets. All felonies in the federal system bring with them the promise of jail time," Comey stressed, adding cryptically, "That's all I can say about that." As U.S. Attorney for New York's Southern District, Comey oversaw the indictment of Martha Stewart for lying to federal investigators. Stewart was sentenced to five months in jail last week.
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Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:23 p.m. EDT
Two sources associated with the investigation told CNN that lawyer Lanny Breuer made a detailed statement of Berger's view of the facts at issue several months ago. According to the unnamed sources, Berger has offered to talk to the Justice Department about a resolution to the probe.
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Lanny Davis paging Mr. Hamburglar...Lanny Davis paging Mr. Hamburglar
"Who do you suppose leaked this story after all these months? Hillary? Bill?"
Of course. Clintoon did say they were laughing, right?
The FBI files, the leaking of Linda Tripp's personal information, Senator Leahy's announcement to the world after a classifed briefing, "We're tracking Osama's cell phone!", should have and should now accrue jail time!
Jim Robinson,In his usual style he bushed it off.Wonder what they are hiding.
LOL good one.
Yep
But a part of me is thinking about the Street FBI Probe .. remember the leak came from his camp ?
What if that is what Clinton is trying to do?
"Berger is toast"
Burger is cooked.
I too, wonder about the timing of this leak, but for different reasons than Daschle, Gergen, etc.
Interesting Sandy Berger ping.
"I too, wonder about the timing of this leak, but for different reasons than Daschle, Gergen, etc."
I believe the "timing" has more to do with the upcoming Dem convention, than the 9/11 Commission Report. Clinton is a real laugh-a-minute kinda guy.
I agree. Does anyone care about the seven-eleven report anymore? This has the makings of a Greek drama.
' I don't care if he returned ALL the documents! THE MAN COMMITTED A CRIME!"
Guess bank robbers will also get a pass, just as long as they return the money.
And tax cheats, as long as they eventually pay up.
And shoplifters, as long as they return the merchandise.
And speeders will be ok, as long as they slow down.
And if you go through a stop sign and get caught,it's ok to just gun it in reverse and go back and stop-the second time.
It must be wonderful to live in Democrat World, where laws are only for Republicans and morals are so flexible.
Bump!Bump!Bump!
Berger strikes me as having a bit of the John Dean in him. Unless, of course, clinton knows where berger hid the body -so to speak- and the uncorking of that bottle proves more volatile than the current brew. But, boy oh boy, would I love to see him spill his guts.
Mo1,Do you mean Mayor Street?What leak came from his camp.Did you hear Greenwood might leave office.This was announced last night.Is this connected.Hillary met with Street before her book signing,I was down there with the Doc. and my daughter.I wonder if the bug was up in his office then.
"Does anyone care about the seven-eleven report anymore? This has the makings of a Greek drama."
7/11? LOL. That sums it up rather well, and this Berger pantsfilled portion undersores it quite well.
In the meantime, they've put Gore in chains. He keeps screaming: There's an opening, they want me, they need me...Kerry knew, I didn't...In fact, I didn't know anything for 8 damn years!!
This stuff used to come out on a Friday and be dead by Monday.
How many times have we said, "We got 'em this time, boys" ... only to see the story fade away into nothingness in just a few days.
Dear God in Heaven ... please let righteousness prevail and save our nation from destruction.
Look out Marcy Park...
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