Posted on 07/22/2004 3:18:21 PM PDT by Steven W.
46. NSC email, Clarke to Kerrick,“Timeline,”Aug. 19, 1998; Samuel Berger interview (Jan. 14, 2004). We did not find documentation on the after-action review mentioned by Berger. On Vice Chairman Joseph Ralston’s mission in Pakistan, see William Cohen interview (Feb. 5, 2004). For speculation on tipping off the Taliban, see, e.g., Richard Clarke interview (Dec. 18, 2003).
And to what does footnote (46) refer? On p. 117, Chapter 4, we find this:
Later on August 20, Navy vessels in the Arabian Sea fired their cruise missiles. Though most of them hit their intended targets, neither Bin Ladin nor any other terrorist leader was killed. Berger told us that an after-action review by Director Tenet concluded that the strikes had killed 20–30 people in the camps but probably missed Bin Ladin by a few hours. Since the missiles headed for Afghanistan had had to cross Pakistan, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was sent to meet with Pakistan’s army chief of staff to assure him the missiles were not coming from India. Officials in Washington speculated that one or another Pakistani official might have sent a warning to the Taliban or Bin Ladin. (46)
Security clearances were so lax (understatement) during the Impeached One's time in office. Would Berger absolutely have been cleared and at what level?
Cycle of what? FReeper threads? Because I didn't see a single word on Berger on any major newcasts on Thursday.
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As National Security Advisor, he would likely have had clearance for virtually all the "keys to the kingdom".....
The only question that comes to mind here is whether or not the issuance of a security clearance to the N. S. A. involves the usual background checking, etc., or if it is done on a pro forma basis, e.g., the President is automatically granted a security clearance; I don't think HE has to go through a background check.
I guess you don't have much experience with this level of classification. They don't make copies unless they are really necessary. They record every copy. And Berger knew just how many copies were made. If he took 5 copies of a doc., then it's likely that that is exactly the number that existed, and he took them all.
The archives don't make copies to hand out; they give the originals, and watch the person who has access. That's why they were watching Berger.
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