Posted on 07/21/2004 7:59:22 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
Archives Employees Suspicious of Berger... devised a coding system and marked the documents they knew Berger was interested in canvassing, and watched him carefully... employees determined that that draft and all four or five other versions of the millennium memo had disappeared from the files after Berger viewed them, WASH POST set to report, say sources... Developing...
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DNC talking points are falling flat and not gaining traction
Of course, Watergate happed in the 1970's, we're in the "internet age". One newspaper news cycle is a lifetime these days.
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Recall that Sandy Berger's attorney admitted Berger "knowingly" took top secret documents.
Those words hit me.
As in criminal statutes:
"Did knowingly, willfully, and maliously...."
I know what they're saying and don't need to check MRC. My point is they're covering it.
I just have little patience with "woe is me!" handwringing and decided to take it out on you.
My apologies. But really, this is not the time to worry about that.
So just maybe there is no deal to be had and Berger thought the only thing he could do at this point, was to leak story and hope his Lib/Dem buddies could help bail him out.
I'm betting-and hoping-that Berger is charged before the end of July.
Now that is something I didn't ponder because I was thinking copies as in Burger made copies or had copies made so he could look at them. This appears to mean he was looking at copies as in CC: NSA, CIA director, WH Chief of Staff, POTUS. etc, etc.
So the handwritten notes would be the musings/political ramblings of people in the Administration.
That's why this was going on IMHO. Someone didn't want their, "we need to keep this low profile/don't tell FBI about this (hello Gorelick) because, blah blah blah.
Someone, or several someones are really sweating what they put down on paper inre the millenium report.
Might have been, "if we go hard at Al Queda it will hurt the Isreal/Palistinian peace talks.
Can someone refresh my memory but wasn't one of the last things Clintigula tried to do in 2000 was push through a Pali/Israeli peace accord, besides his round the world in my last 80 days in office.
I didn't see that, but if true...
This web gets tighter and tighter around the leadership of the DNC. This would explain the desperation play McAwful used this afternoon, the Freedom of Information request. I am beginning to think that DeLay is right. This just may be the third rate burglary of infamy.
And can you name the two possible reasons why government employees responsible for securing top secret national security documents would call a Democratic Party lawyer about Berger's thefts?!
1. They were solid Dem operatives who would do anything for a fellow Dem, even if it meant they went to jail for breeching national security, or
2. It meant that the sting to burn Berger's boss was already being run by the pros at that point...
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Did any of the press accounts say exactly how many copies of the Richard Clarke draft of the 1999 Intelligence Report were taken?
The talking point is true. Hell yeah Burger walked off with "copies" of that report. Circulated copies. Likely returned marked up, indicating who received them and their comments and edits.
I'd be curious to know who received those drafts.
Right. After all our countries enemies can only make use of information when it comes from original documents.
He/she/it is either a troll or terribly out of it.
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I believe I also read somewhere this was not in the Archival building, but a room set up specifically for people to view secure documents before testifying in front of 9-11 Comm. Don't know exactly what building the room was in, but sounded like it was in same building where hearings were going on...
Thanks! It sure makes sense to me. Now if only the archivists had back up copies of the ones Berger "lost"!This is all all beginning to look like a big jig saw puzzle!
Yes, I was surprised when I read about that. The proof of what he did must be overwhelming.
Thanks, I actually remember reading that the FBI hadn't talked with him but given no actual authority is going on the record, I am suspicious of most everything I read on this.
Out of curiosity, what is your take on why Berger thought he could remove and lose documents without consequence? I can't get past this, regardless of what he was after or how critical it was, he had to know he was going to get caught.
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