[AuntB]

Oh, yeah, we need more lawyers running the government, which is the only thing the democrats want to ever elect. I guess he got confused about what a "brief" was when he was "filing" papers.

[endthematrix]

Bill "misspoken" Clinton

Richard "pre-emptive strike" Clarke

Sandy "cover my a$$" Berger

[GeronL]

Actually. We had a post last night that showed one plan was rejected because they were afraid of Hillarys' reaction.

[Ethyl]

Well this is Saturday morning papers, and they think nobody reads them, ashame, the Saturday morning papers have more info than usual. because they think you will not read them! Keep on reading America especially on Saturday! And the Washington Times is the best!

[EGPWS]

President Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, rejected four plans to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, worrying once that if the plans failed and al Qaeda launched a counterattack, "we're blamed."

Sandy should have stuffed a sock in it instead of stuffing it in a sock.

[Yaelle]

Since all this information COMES FROM the report, what did Burglar risk his career and freedom for, then? Would this information not have been in the report had he not been caught? Or is there something else that he successfully prevented from getting into the report?

[jwpjr]

You're really got to wonder what was in those papers Berger risked so much to remove! Look at all the damning stuff that was in the papers that were available. I would have to believe that whatever it was he was so intent on covering up was worse than anything that eventually came out, and that's certainly saying a lot. My prediction is that in the end nothing will come of it, just like nothing came of the hundreds of purloined FBI files or any of the dozen or so other scandals that became the trademark of the Clinton administration. Their MO seems to be to simply do what they please and then dare anyone to do anything about it, while at the same time lying and committing additional crimes to further confuse the issue. I think when all is said and done someone is either honest or dishonest and went he chips are down that person will revert to their basic nature. In the case of the Clintons, and those they chose to surround them, the basic nature is dishonest. I would liken it to dealing with teenagers (You said 'don't be late' and I don't consider 1 AM late, Ashley stayed out until 3 AM), but it goes way beyond that when it comes to the number of people who died, were investigated, indicted, went to jail, got rich, etc. during the eight years the Clintons were in power. Vice President Gore summed it all up quite well with his 'there is no controlling legal interest' comment.

[Nateman]

I figured Sandy was trying to hide something that made them look like worthless wimps, but was considered unimportant at the time. Otherwise they had plenty of time to destroy it like all the other incriminating stuff they routinely deleted. It only shows how criminally arrogant they are by trying to pull off a stunt like this under W's watch.

[beckett]

A few days after 911 a clearly panicked Berger was all over TV saying plans for the attack were "most likely" only "three months" old. He was desparate to put the blame on the Bush administration.

We're now beginning to learn why he was so panicked and just how much he had to hide.

[leadpenny]

Commission Co-chairman Lee Hamilton said Thursday, however, that the missing documents Mr. Berger has acknowledged taking doesn't affect "the integrity" of the final report.

If the documents are missing, how does the Honorable Lee Hamilton know which documents are missing?

[angkor]

Mr. Berger took no action, the report says, because he was "focused most" on legal questions.

More to the point, the "legal questions" kept coming in the form of DoJ memoranda from Reno/Gorelick.

Gorelick as we all know was improperly impaneled on the Commission, while Reno cut her public testimony waaayyyy short by explaining that she didn't remember what was or was not classified anymore (e.g., "If you keep asking me these questions, I may spill the beans right here on live TV.")

Reno's play was masterful, the remainder of the questions were pathetic softballs.

[lainde]

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[Humal]

"President Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, rejected four plans to kill or capture Osama bin Laden..."

This seems to contradict what Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, USAF (Ret.), "Carrier of the 'nuclear football'", says in "Dereliction of Duty", pp. 129-130. In his book Col. Patterson says that at one point "the intelligence community" was tracking OBL. He says they found his location, contacted Berger (who came), tried again and again to get Clinton, but couldn't get him for over an hour.

When Berger finally got Clinton, Clinton was indecisive wanting to discuss, study the issue, and talk to his Secretary of State. They had about a two hour window to get OBL, and Clinton "studied the issue" until it was too late.

I have wondered if Berger took the papers that would prove these types of "dereliction of duty" by Clinton.

[Happy2BMe]

"Berger rejected four plans to kill or capture bin Laden"

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Our Boy Berger ping.

[BunnySlippers]

Bump

[nonliberal]

Mr. Berger was worried about injuring or killing civilians located near the camp.

Ater all, why should Afghanis die when Americans can die instead?

Berger is a traitor!

[H.Akston]

This story is white-hot. That means we'll see a lot of stories about Martha Stewart, Bush not talking to the NAACP, and Abu Graibe in the coming weeks.

[mewzilla]

Berger rejected what Toon told him to reject.

[GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos]

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