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Berger Documents Theft (Dan Rather Flashback)
SeeBS ^ | July 21, 2004 | Dan Rather

Posted on 03/31/2005 10:51:45 PM PST by BJungNan

CBS News Joins in. Calls Document Theft a Partisan 'Spat'


The incident "was triggered by a carefully orchestrated leak about Berger -- and the timing of it appears to be no coincidence." - CBS News Anchor Dan Rather

Democrats argue this is a case of dirty politics. Admitting Berger’s actions were careless, they point out that he did not hinder national security. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told reporters "the timing speaks for itself.”

One source close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, explained that the probe surrounded a memorandum related to the millennium terrorism plot, written by former Clinton and Bush senior anti-terrorism adviser Richard Clarke.

The memorandum was done at the behest of Berger, and was meant to take a critical look at the Clinton administration’s handling of terrorism. The Sept. 11 commission said Tuesday that Berger’s actions did not impede its investigation.

But at a minimum, the leak disarms Kerry’s most utilized surrogate on national security issues. In March, for example, Berger told reporters that “it is increasingly clear that how we conducted the war in Iraq has made the terrorist problem more difficult.” The flap may also put in jeopardy any hopes Berger had of a Cabinet position, such as defense secretary, under a possible Kerry administration.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sandyberger
The flap may also put in jeopardy any hopes Berger had of a Cabinet position, such as defense secretary, under a possible Kerry administration.

As we know now - and knew all along - Berger never really had anything to worry about.

1 posted on 03/31/2005 10:51:46 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan

Thanks for putting that up. Sometimes a natural and decent sympathy for Rather as a human being can cloud our memory as to what a partisan piece of crap he actually was.


2 posted on 03/31/2005 10:56:22 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: BJungNan

This "the timing" line is hilarious.

He stole, broke the law and promptly got caught.

In a democrat's mind, what would be appropriate timing? Never?


3 posted on 03/31/2005 10:57:21 PM PST by EERinOK
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To: BJungNan
Captain Dan the News Man.

Gone to cyberspace.

Man, I love the internet!

4 posted on 03/31/2005 10:58:54 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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To: EERinOK

I wonder what DU is saying about this treason?


5 posted on 03/31/2005 11:13:18 PM PST by spyone
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To: smoothsailing

bttt


6 posted on 03/31/2005 11:14:15 PM PST by nopardons
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To: EERinOK

In a Democrat's mind, "appropriate timing" is announcing a slap on the wrist for a crime tanamount to treason on the day the rest of the nation is focused on Terri Schiavo's death.


7 posted on 03/31/2005 11:26:43 PM PST by thoughtomator (Fight terror - strangle a caribou!)
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To: spyone

I wonder what DU is saying about this treason?

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Aw, come on... tell the truth... do you really wonder ??? ;-))



8 posted on 04/01/2005 12:01:03 AM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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To: BJungNan
The Sept. 11 commission said Tuesday that Berger’s actions did not impede its investigation.

Yeah, what a sterling body (the 911 Commission) that was!

9 posted on 04/01/2005 12:29:35 AM PST by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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To: BJungNan

A tourist, on a guided tour of some place in Wash. puts the grab on something. What's the penalty? Security clearance? In the mail? Ha!


10 posted on 04/01/2005 2:21:37 AM PST by Waco
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To: BJungNan
Sandy Berger-Burglar was a key beneficiary of "Gorelick’s Wall"
TIME, "The Ubiquitous Mr. Fix-It", Adam Cohen


John Kerry was a key beneficiary of Berger's Burglaries
Rescued: Data the Kerry/Edwards Campaign Tried to DELETE from its site! (grandpa dave found cache)


Berger purloined all draft revisions of a key critique of the government's response
to the millennium terrorism threat, a document that detailed Administration knowledge
– and inaction – regarding al Qaeda presence in the U.S. in 1999
and 2000. Stolen were crucial notes in the margins of these drafts
which reveal the thinking and agendas of the
Clinton Administration relating to the mounting terrorist threat.
Washington Post, "Berger Quits as Advisor to Kerry", Susan Schmidt


Berger was not qualified as NSA.
He was a millionaire lawyer and lobbyist with a career centered on expanding trade with China.
Tom Laughlin, http://www.billyjack.com/jung/08_politics/articles/990515_spy.html


Former FBI Director Louis Freeh opined that
Burger “was a public-relations hack, interested in how something would play in the press” .
The New Yorker, per http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200311030753.asp


Dick Morris noted Berger “seemed to work overtime
at opposing tough measures against terror”,
advising vetoes of legislation aimed at crippling Iranian terror funding
and working to block antiterror sanctions.
Wall Street Journal, "While Clinton Fiddled", Dick Morris, http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=95001824


Berger repeatedly rebuffed Sudanese offers to hand Osama bin Laden
to the United States in a deal brokered by a $900,000 contributor to Democrat campaigns.
Source 1 - National Review, "Clinton & Khobar", Rich Lowry


Source 2 - Washington Times, "Miniter Responds", Richard Miniter


Berger allowed bin Laden and his top lieutenants to escape to Afghanistan.
NewsMax, "Aide: Clinton Unleashed bin Laden", Chuck Noe


Berger was singled-out by UN Inspector Scott Ritter for the collapse of UN inspections efforts in Iraq].
"Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem - Once and for All" by Scott Ritter


Berger admitted that the Clinton Administration failed to develop a war plan to fight al Qaeda
National Review, "Warning B.S.", Rich Lowry


Berger was the "go-to" man regarding China policy
when Communist Chinese money was being funneled into Democrat Party coffers
in exchange for policy concessions, strategic nuclear technology,
and all pending patent applications at the US Patent Office.
The Hill, "Fundraiser resurfaces from 1996", Sam Dealey


Berger stonewalled the Energy Department about Chinese spying in Los Alamos for three years.

11 posted on 04/01/2005 3:06:25 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Diogenesis

This story is getting so buried by the MSM.
That's why i'm going to,,,

Bump it!


12 posted on 04/01/2005 7:37:12 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Grateful Heart Tour 2005)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Thanks for putting that up. Sometimes a natural and decent sympathy for Rather as a human being can cloud our memory as to what a partisan piece of crap he actually was.

I love it. Very well said.

13 posted on 04/01/2005 7:39:51 AM PST by BJungNan
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