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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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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Well, now that's another take. Hooboy! If so, they're sure gambling the entire pot.
Maybe he should also be asking for the "witness protection program."
Clinton's remarks certainly open a new can of worms for Kerry.
Just how the hell did Clinton know about a supposedly secret grand jury proceeding anyhow?
Did Clinton leak this to the press?
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.
Look - up in the sky: It's a bird! No, it's a plane!
NO: IT'S A REPUBLICAN WITH GONADS!!!
Mirabile visu.
Mirabile dictu.
bttt...
Hey everyone. Is this the Clintons hammering the stake into Kerry's presidential hopes? Hillary's been looking at 2008 and why else would the archive employees call a clinton lawyer instead of the FBI?
that sentence makes no sense.
Three options:
Berger dies early. Berger cuts a deal and talks. Berger toughs it out and lets the feds try to make their case.
I agree more is going to come out. Every time I read an article, it has another little tidbit in it.
I don't know if I said this on this thead, but there is a game the Rats play and we need to be careful not to fall for it.
Something bad comes out about a Rat. Then THEY leak something outrageous but provably false (like perhaps that Berger stuffed his socks with paperwork and did so five times). Then viewers/readers, finding out that one outrageous thing was false, tend to ignore the whole thing.
It's a game and we shouldn't play until something is reasonably well sourced. I don't mean about talking about it here. But I told my husband not to mention the socks or 5x until it's all better sourced.
Berger could have given Kerry info and Kerry didn't know it was stolen. Wow, would that be a tough one for Kerry to prove.
CBS Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts reports Berger returned to the archives all but two of the documents - which he believes he accidentally threw away. An FBI search of his home in January turned up nothing. And late Tuesday, law enforcement sources say they don't expect charges to be filed.
You're right
We need to stick to know facts
Unabashed reckless speculation on my part of who it may be! Just trying to figure out who would have the biggest benefit by releasing this. Clinton's have had past experience in releasing things that they know are about to hit the news cycle....
I just hope something comes of this. I have gotten my hopes up too many times in the past......
If that happens, Kerry could be out before the conventiion. Oh my, this is getting fun.
Opps, wonder who would take his place?
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.
They suspect he gave it to someone else.
Can we say HUNTING BIG GAME.
EIGHT MONTHS?!?
I bet there were media whispers about this.
It seems reporters are not just covering for kerry, they are covering their decision to ignore this story of stollen TOP SECRET documents which managed to end up as PART OF KERRY'S CAMPAIGN.
Remember Vince?
Berger jocks and socks!!!
I want to see Berger in jail where he belongs!
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