"15) As such, ANYBODY who has worked in this environment and heard Mr. Berger's comments yesterday about being "sloppy" and "an honest mistake" knows beyond any doubt that he was not only lying, but this was a premeditated act."
Without a doubt.
The dims are hopeful the media can succeed. The media and talking heads are trying to make it sound innocent and inadvertent. They are playing on the fact that most people don't know what is required to handle Top Secret code word documents. They are trying to trivialize things and put actions into common word terms. It is not that way at all. Nothing is simple about top secret.
The toon ex-President laughing about it says all you need to know about his view of national security. And we wonder what caused the attacks on 9/11.
Absolutely dead-on correct. The brazenness of of the lie, and the stupifying complicity of the Beltway press, is breathtaking.
Thanks for you detailed procedural explanations, here's some more general material:
Executive Order 12958, As Amended, Classified National Security Information
BTW, Berger would most likely have been in the Archives not under clearance, but under the waiver of clearance provided for in XO 12958, above.