Posted on 07/28/2004 12:58:27 PM PDT by bjs1779
The Washington Dispatch Commentary by Paul M. Weyrich July 28, 2004
Every now and then I have loosely related matters I think would be useful to tell you, but independently do not warrant an entire commentary. So here are the items for your consideration:
A number of important Members of Congress believe that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger leaked the problem he had about stolen documents on himself. The theory is that he knew he had been caught red handed. It is presumed that he knew the matter was coming to a head and would likely be made public. He reportedly leaked the story so he could retain control of some degree of the spin. If so, he did manage to turn it around and make himself the victim while charging that the Republicans leaked the story in order to deflect attention away from the report from the 9/11 Commission. The problem is that Republicans actually like the report from the 9/11 Commission and some, such as Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, are urging the public to read it.
Congressman Tom Davis, (R-VA) is going to hold a hearing on the Berger issue. Perhaps when everyone is put under oath the truth will emerge. It seems Berger purloined five copies of the same memo, among other things. The problem for Berger is that the originals are also in the material waiting for the construction of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. That project is being managed by the National Archives. When officials of the National Archives saw Berger stuffing documents in his pants, they checked to see what was missing. They called Little Rock and got the memos replaced, only this time they had invisible markings. Berger apparently returned and saw those same documents, so he took them again. The library officials evidently tipped off the FBI who raided Berger's office where the marked documents were found. Republicans speculate that there was something in those documents that Berger didn't want the 9/11 Commission to see. He must have figured that some historians would come across the documents 50 years from now, but by then it won't matter. The objective was to deep-six something in those documents now.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtondispatch.com ...
Not a chance. An oath means nothing to these corrupt traitors.
Ping
Thankfully, the DOJ knows it. Just like dealing with the Mob. Bergler's going down and methinks he won't be alone...
Regarding the "Specal", I think it should read "EVERY NIGHT IS LADIES NIGHT" at the Clintoon library and out house.
LOL
It seems like there's probably a whole host of folks who need to go down with him - some at the NA itself, and then, of course, whoever set him up to do this. Maybe we'll live to see the cuffs on Bill yet.
Well, I can dream, can't I?
Not under Reno it didn't. We don't know about Ashcroft yet. I wonder how it went down with W when he saw Clinton laughing about it on TV?
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9/11 Commission Report A Dud For Democrats.
But It Buried Berger!
The 9/11 final report was a dud for the Democrats. They knew what the report would say and that it would not be a slam on Bush. On the other hand, the Democrats knew the Berger document theft was a very big story with terrible implications for their side.
Leaking the Berger story just before the 9/11 commission report was not to diffuse the 9/11 commission findings. It is not the 9/11 report that was to be overshadowed. It was the Berger story that needed to be buried and it was the release of the 9/11 commission report that was to bury it.
You tell the truth!
We also know Ashcroft was not aware of the memos of the Clinton administration until after 911 according to his testimony at the 911 committee.
We now also know that these matters concerning terrorism and national security were hijacked by Sandy Berger under Bush's watch at the national archieves.
I think they will find out about the meaning of 'under oath' and they will not be 'laughing' about it this time.
The problem is, and it is a big problem, the Dems still have the FBI files on many present and former Republican members of Congress. In the GOP primaries, there should have been a house (and Senate) cleaning.
That would be an easy sting operation to find those files and who has them. My wire tap would be on the Rose law firm billing records owner + a few other special people of interest, like Maggie Williams, ect. What is different now of course, is that they would go to jail for having them.
They have them. They have used them and they are using them still. You can be sure of that.
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