The Berger Whitewash

Joseph Farah is right: there are two standards of justice: one for celebrities and the movers and shakers and the other for "regular folk."

surprise,`surprise

Since we all knew it, and we all know there are multiple standards of justice...what's the surprise, and why is this news?

stuff like this really pisses me off.

Joseph Farah is right: there are two standards of justice: one for celebrities and the movers and shakers and the other for "regular folk."

Every wonder why Martha Stewart does jail time for lying to a grand jury, but Bill Clinton does not?

And now this. Which is more deserving of jail time, Lying about a stock trade or stealing secure government documents? Just incredible!!!!

Geeez... I can't wait to try it... I'm gonna smuggle my underwear out of the library between two books !!! :-))

All of the real pals are disclosed even under President Bush. I wonder if the president took advice from senator Kennedy on how the thief should be treated.

I am not sure that the answer is as simple as there are two standards. There could well be something more sinister here such as what the documents would reveal and what else Berger knew and would reveal publicly.

That's because you are able to discern injustice. Hang on to your hat, because both justice and mercy seem to have fled the country.....

"....the Bush Justice Department has just affirmed it is complicit in them."

It's the "new tone" in Washington, don't ya know?

This sounds a lot like the whimpy "kinder, gentler" theme we heard 15 years ago.

Genetic link?

The sentence is essentially nothing, for a crime that should have seen many years in jail.

However, he was forced to admit publicly that he did it with intent. That has high legal significance, and could mean he is cooperating with investigators.

The long delay in what seems an open and shut case could be because they are following up leads provided by Berger, etc. (I know, I know... Pigs still can't fly...)

We can hope, anyway. The alternative is that another member of the Clinton crime family just skated.

What a disgraceful situation! I have one thing to say,

BRING OUR TROOPS HOME

Why should any more die and get hurt for the injustice of this Country!

I read in the paper a few days ago that Bergers security clearance would be suspended for 3 years.

3 Years? How about FOREVER?!

Are we really at war? Are we really concerned about national security in this country?

The "permanent government" always protects its own.

Would it do any good to contact the Department of Justice?

http://www.usdoj.gov/contact-us.html

How is this different than Watergate?

Equal protection? You try to do what Berger did. And at least they could have gotten something in return for the plea. Like for whose benefit the documents were being stolen, when was the order given, who was involved in the conspiracy and who knew about it.

In THIS case, the theft was CODE level documents from the National Archives that
were necessary to find out WHY Berger set up America for attack.

Perhaps the goal is to have America attacked again.
Perhaps the goal is to encourage theft of CODE LEVEL documents.
Perhaps the goal is that morality just isn't ground in the dirt low enough yet.
Perhaps those at the top work with, for, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, al Qaeda.
Food for thought:

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.

It was Berger who for Hillary Clinton let bin Laden go
both from the Sudanese and was he was briefly vulnerable to missile attack.
[e.g. US News & World Report, Paul Bedard, 15 Mar 2003]

"Mr. Berger, calling Mr. Sandy Berger. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Please. This is urgent.
We can take out Osama, now. Please answer!!! We have him in our sight."

Berger-Burglar: "Nope. Forgetaboutit. No big deal. Bill and I are too busy watching the West Wing on TV."

"I was summoned to the office of National Security adviser Sandy Berger,
who chewed me out for not having a national security adviser (on the West Wing).
So I opened the next season with Anna Deavere Smith as the national security adviser" -
Aaron Sorkin

They have indeed. When the rules are not the same for everybody, injustice awaits...

And I will not tell you where i work...

John Edwards is right. There are two Americas.