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JURY PROBES EX-BILL AIDE'S 'SOCKS DOCS'-FOX News has confirmed the grand jury investigation
New York Post ^ | 1/11/05 | DEBORAH ORIN

Posted on 01/11/2005 1:27:14 AM PST by kattracks

anuary 11, 2005 -- EXCLUSIVE

WASHINGTON — The criminal probe into why former Bill Clinton aide Sandy Berger illegally sneaked top-secret documents out of the National Archives — possibly in his socks — has heated up and is now before a federal grand jury, The Post has learned.

The "Socks Docs" probe forced Berger, who was President Clinton's national security adviser, to step down as Democrat John Kerry's top foreign-policy adviser last summer.

"It may have been off the front pages, but the investigation has been active," said a source with knowledge of the probe.

"[Berger] has been interviewed several times by federal agents — FBI and prosecutors."

Berger admits removing 40 to 50 top-secret documents from the archives, but claims it was an "honest mistake" made while he vetted documents for the 9/11 commission's probe into the Twin Towers attacks.

Berger has also acknowledged that he destroyed some documents — he says by accident.

[snip]

The probe was touched off last spring when stunned archives staffers reported seeing Berger sneak classified documents out of a top-secret reading room in his pants and socks while vetting Clinton-era items for the commission.

They then ran a sting operation in which they coded some documents and confirmed they were missing when Berger left.

The documents were classified Code Word, the highest security classification, above Top Secret.

The commission report makes clear that Berger had a habit of writing candid notes in the margin of memos, sometimes flatly rejecting plans for action.

He nixed a plan to capture Osama bin Laden with one word: "No."


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arkancidewatch; berger; bergerisaschmuck; clintonlegacy; coverup; cya; downhispants; enemyofthepeople; reignoferror; sandburglar; sandyburglar; sandyrosenberger; slickwillie; sockgate; sockuments; traitor; wot; x42
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To: MeekOneGOP
Berger admits removing 40 to 50 top-secret documents from the archives, but claims it was an "honest mistake" made while he vetted documents for the 9/11 commission's probe into the Twin Towers attacks.

You are too harsh! An "honest mistake" occures when a Democrat commits a crime. I thought everone knew that.

21 posted on 01/11/2005 2:53:42 AM PST by JimSEA ( "More Bush, Less Taxes.")
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To: kattracks
"Berger admits removing 40 to 50 top-secret documents from the archives, but claims it was an "honest mistake"

If this is his best defense, Berger is in deep doo-doo.

Topsecret -– this is the highest security level, and is defined as information which would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if disclosed to the public. This classification is most often subdivided on the basis of "need to know", and includes such information as the design of cutting-edge weaponry, war plans, nuclear weapons, etc.

Each Top Secret document must have a cover page. If Berger snatched 50 of them he saw 50 of these:



More information herel
22 posted on 01/11/2005 3:01:35 AM PST by Beckwith (John, you said I was going to be the First Lady. As of now, you're on the couch.)
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To: JimSEA
:^D

23 posted on 01/11/2005 3:04:27 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MEG33

Better not to have this distraction during the campaign.


24 posted on 01/11/2005 3:05:10 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; potlatch; devolve; Mia T; JohnHuang2; dennisw; Salem; F15Eagle; Boazo; ...
CLASSIFIED CODE WORD - BULL$HIT DOT . DOT . DOT . . - ping.

(How can this worm get away with this? This precedent breaks every rule in the book - EVERY RULE IN THE BOOK!)

Had this breech of security been done by a member of our Armed Forces, they would go to jail for at least 20 years.

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Berger admits removing 40 to 50 top-secret documents from the archives, but claims it was an "honest mistake" made while he vetted documents for the 9/11 commission's probe into the Twin Towers attacks.

Berger has also acknowledged that he destroyed some documents — he says by accident.

The documents were classified Code Word, the highest security classification, above Top Secret.

25 posted on 01/11/2005 3:05:58 AM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything- If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: kattracks

Could sandy burlar be the crack in the cli'ton crime-family oyster?

For, surely, if even the pretense is to be maintained that ours is a nation of Laws, sooner or later one or another of the kling tong gang's made men must be brought to the bar of justice and/or justice be brought to him.

Notwithstanding that we may never be able to assemble a jury that would convict the recidivist, treasonous, lying, looting, thieving, mass-murdering, co-serial-raping gangster bastards at whose pleasure they servile.


26 posted on 01/11/2005 3:09:38 AM PST by Brian Allen (Who is Bob Wallace?)
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To: JimSEA


Media Research Center:
Dan Rather on Bill Clinton:
"I think he’s an honest man."

   O’Reilly: "I want to ask you flat out, do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?"
    Rather: "Yes, I think he’s an honest man."
    O’Reilly: "Do you, really?"
    Rather: "I do."
    O’Reilly: "Even though he lied to Jim Lehrer’s face about the Lewinsky case?"
    Rather: "Who among us has not lied about something?"
    O’Reilly: "Well, I didn’t lie to anybody’s face on national television. I don’t think you have, have you?"
    Rather: "I don’t think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look, it’s one thing-"
    O’Reilly, jumping in: "How can you say he’s an honest guy then?"
    Rather: "Well, because I think he is. I think at core he’s an honest person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."
    O’Reilly: "Really?!?"
    Rather: "Yeah, I do."
    O’Reilly: "See, I can’t. I want my government to be honest across-the-board. I don’t want people lying."




27 posted on 01/11/2005 3:10:26 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: OldFriend

I know...


28 posted on 01/11/2005 3:10:58 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: MeekOneGOP

BTTT


29 posted on 01/11/2005 3:15:37 AM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything- If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: Happy2BMe; kattracks; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; potlatch; devolve; Mia T; JohnHuang2; dennisw; ...

Note well that the "Democtat" activist employees at the Archives on numerous occasions let burglar walk with the "Code Word" docs.

Neither of the Kling Tongs let alone any of their lackies should have had a key to a feral gummint toilet after January 20 2001 -- let alone been allowed access to the stationary cupboard and never mind confidential material.

And now the ex-presidente is in symbolic charge of Tsunami relief funds.

Are we being shown contempt by a self-annoited oligarchy -- or are we being shown contempt by a self-annointed oligarchy -- or what?


30 posted on 01/11/2005 3:19:05 AM PST by Brian Allen (Who is Bob Wallace?)
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To: kattracks

Bump


31 posted on 01/11/2005 3:20:51 AM PST by kanawa
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To: kattracks
I think Bill's buddy was hiding embarrassing info on the Clintons related to their "handling" of the WTC bombing.
32 posted on 01/11/2005 3:21:34 AM PST by Preachin' (Democrats know that they can never run on their real agenda.)
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To: kattracks
Say now, this is all getting really suspicious. First, Hillary's old campaign scandal is suddenly in the news, and now Sandy Burglar's mess if before a grand jury. And don't forget, Clinton has suddenly become President Bush's bitch to help raise disaster relief funds.

"Somethin's happenin' here,
What it is aint exactly clear
(Buffalo Springfield)

33 posted on 01/11/2005 3:21:40 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: kattracks

Berger, the NSA, and Bill Richardson, Sec of Energy under Clinton, whistled past the theft of nuke stuff from Los Alamos and sent to China.

Did you ever think that this could have been linked to Bubba's Chinese campaign funds? Like the computer from the "crashed rocket" in China?

Smilin' Sandy, the Moral Slug!


34 posted on 01/11/2005 3:25:44 AM PST by Randy Papadoo (Not going so good? Just kick somebody's a$$. You'll feel a lot better!)
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To: Brian Allen
'Are we being shown contempt by a self-annoited oligarchy -- or are we being shown contempt by a self-annointed oligarchy -- or what?'

============================================

The latter one, I think.

(What grabs me is that John Kerry was primed to appoint Bill Clinton as the U.N. Chief replacement for Kofi Anan in 2007.)

It really IS one corrupted world system, isn't it.

35 posted on 01/11/2005 3:26:01 AM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything- If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: Happy2BMe
Gotta remember who Bungholio was employed by at the time!
JoKe hiss-elf. Look what VC Hero Johnny is up to now!
Hey GW PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION FROM ENEMIES FOREGEIN AND DOMESTIC NOW!!!!

Shut down the Alphabet Channels (ABJazerra & Her Sister Stations)!
Vote with your Remote!

Christmas Heart
But, I Have A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes
36 posted on 01/11/2005 3:31:28 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Man, You should have seen them, kickin Edgar Allen Poe! Koo Koo Kachoo)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Cool profile page ya got there.


37 posted on 01/11/2005 3:35:29 AM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything- If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: kattracks

So glad you posted this.


38 posted on 01/11/2005 3:41:07 AM PST by no more apples (God Bless our troops)
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To: MeekOneGOP

You are a panic! LOL!


39 posted on 01/11/2005 3:43:42 AM PST by no more apples (God Bless our troops)
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To: kattracks

When I got my Top Secret Clearence I like everyone else that gets one has to sign their constitutionaly guaranteed right away in connection with them. Mishandle them or even take them out of a secure location and go to jail.
Let someone without a need to know see them and go to jail. For each document I believe there was a least a five year, $5,000 fine.
How many documents did little sandy mishandle or steatl to save his and his boss billys asses?


40 posted on 01/11/2005 3:47:19 AM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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