From his BIO:
http://www.archives.gov/welcome/bio_carlin.html
Mr. Carlin was appointed Archivist by President William J. Clinton in 1995. He immediately began a comprehensive strategic planning effort that resulted in a 10-year plan to refocus the agency and bring it into the 21st century.
One of the major initiatives of NARA's Strategic Plan is the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), which aims to preserve and provide access to virtually any type of electronic record created anywhere in the Federal Government. This is an unprecedented effort involving partnerships with other Federal agencies and experts in the private sector to solve the problem of preserving the ever-increasing volumes of diverse, complex digital records that are being created worldwide. The entire Federal Government—indeed, today's "information society" at large—has a stake in ERA's success.
Why does my mind skip to the disks missing from Los Alamos, and that Chinese guy. We know Berger was involved with the Chinese Campaign Finance scandal..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176630/posts
9/11 REPORT: DOCS STOLEN BY BERGER MAY REFUTE INFAMOUS "MISSED HIM BY 10 MINUTES" CLAIM
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)
I must get some things done...I started reading your find and realize I'll need more time.
Back soon.
More on Berger and selling secrets to China. From Alamo Girl's downside legacy files.
http://www.alamo-girl.com/0211.htm
I don't know if he was doing that, but he was sure in on a lot of stuff. I wonder what Carlin is doing now? Will he be called to testify?