Yes, he had a camera phone in a secure area in wide violation of the law.
Posted on 04/02/2005 8:00:41 AM PST by MaximusRules
The deal's terms make clear that Berger spoke falsely last summer in public claims that in 2003 he twice inadvertently walked off with copies of a classified document during visits to the National Archives, then later lost them.
He described the episode last summer as "an honest mistake...."
The terms of Berger's agreement required him to acknowledge to the Justice Department the circumstances of the episode. Rather than misplacing or unintentionally throwing away three of the five copies he took from the archives, as the former national security adviser earlier maintained, he shredded them with a pair of scissors late one evening at the downtown offices of his international consulting business.
The document, written by former National Security Council terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, was an "after-action review" prepared in early 2000 detailing the administration's actions to thwart terrorist attacks during the millennium celebration. It contained considerable discussion about the administration's awareness of the rising threat of attacks on U.S. soil.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I must be prescient....
Look at my Tagline!
Because our guys are wimps.
$10 sayd the Sandburglar's $10,000 fine is covered by Clintoon's Red Chinese buddies.
Yeah. As far as the Washington Post is concerned, only Republicans "lie".
Can you imagine what these scumbags at the Washingtomn Post would be saying if it was Condi Rice (or any other Republican) who got caught red-handed stealing classified national security documents from the National Archives? You would be able to cut the righteous indignation in the Post's newsroom (as well as the hypocrisy) with a chainsaw.
Did the Ahole tell what documents he destroyed, what those documents covered, who they protected when he destroyed them? He should be made to come clean on every stinking document he destroyed.
No National Security Adviser of EITHER party would EVER be put in a prison cell.
I guess the only way justice could be served then would be capital punishment for treason.
Oh, Berger won't pay a dime of his own money - - that's a given.
I figure Kerry will cover it, because I think the thieving liar Berger was working for Kerry at the time.
I don't know....
but he won't be getting his security clearance back. He won't pass the investigation. That is the point of my posts.
He should be in jail. Depending on what was destroyed, he should have been looking at a treason statute too...
Yes, he had a camera phone in a secure area in wide violation of the law.
So was Watergate......
This is so sad. I can't believe that he is only getting his clearance pulled for three years. The man should be doing some hard time. I guess if you have Democrat behind your name you get pardons, short time, and only a slap on the wrist.
There must have been a trade.
Berger dawdled on his plea (and his cooperation) because he was gambling that Kerry would win the election and everything would (of course) "go away". Kerry lost, yet Berger gets this measely wrist slap? There HAD to be a trade.
I thought he could get the security clearance back in 3 years. Let's see, that would be timed about right to join Hitlery's team. These people will keep on doing this as long as they can get away with it and we've only seen the tip of the ice BERG.
It's OK to be mad, but don't toss around falsehoods in the process. We know *precisely* what was in those documents because we know the analysts who reviewed and commented and marked up each copy. That Clarke report was written in mid 2000, just 3 years before Berger took his scissors to 3 of the 5 copies.
There HAD toBETTER be a trade. ;)
The liberal MSM knows very well what this is all about.
Papers - correction - classified documents were stolen and destroyed, not only once but at least 2x's that has been reported. The media knows, condones, and made possible for this to happen. And clinton(s) laughed! It is a cover-up of the clinton botched responsiblity of our National Security and the media has to help cover it up as they also played a roll in it.
And clinton laughed!!!!!!
Will the media show any outrage about Berger's willingness to break the law to make sure people did not see any evidence that was damaging to the Clinton terrorism policy?
How would the media react if Condi Rice had taken classified documents about the Bush terrorism policy without authorization?
Please read this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/tks/059656.html
Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that the Department of Justice was in the hands of the Republicans.
I would like to know how they came up with such a sweet deal and how does something that was a felony when I was in the service become a misdemeanor.
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