Because he's very,very sorry.
Posted on 06/30/2005 9:53:59 PM PDT by yoe
Former Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger pled guilty on April 1 to smuggling five classified documents, including a highly secret memorandum.
Two men walk into the National Archives [no this isn't a joke] one steals letters dating back to the civil war then sells them on EBay. The other steals classified documents related to terrorism then destroys them in order to deceive investigators. Which man receives the stiffer penalty.
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Today, it seems, most government workers are former welfare recipients.
Interesting points you made in your comments. I am a government worker though, have never been on welfare (I've never taken any money from the government other than my salary) and don't plan to ever be on welfare. I would clean toilets or work out in the fields before I would even think of going on welfare.
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Exactly. That way Davis could help the democrats say, "Don't look over here, there's nothing to see behind the curtain."
"Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET April 1, 2005
WASHINGTON - Sandy Berger, who was President Clinton’s top national security aide, pleaded guilty Friday to taking classified documents from the National Archives and cutting them up with scissors.
Rather than the “honest mistake” he described last summer, Berger acknowledged to U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson that he intentionally took and deliberately destroyed three copies of the same document dealing with terror threats during the 2000 millennium celebration.
“Guilty, your honor,” Berger responded when asked how he pleaded.
The charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine.
However, under a plea agreement that Robinson must accept, Berger would serve no jail time but instead pay a $10,000 fine, surrender his security clearance for three years and cooperate with investigators. Security clearance allows access to classified government materials.
Sentencing was set for July 8.
The court appearance was the culmination of a bizarre episode in which the man who once had access to the government’s most sensitive intelligence was accused of sneaking documents out of the Archives, which houses the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other cherished and top-secret documents.
The Bush administration disclosed the investigation in July, just days before the Sept. 11 commission issued its final report. Democrats claimed the White House was using Berger to deflect attention from the harsh findings, with their potential for damaging President Bush’s re-election prospects.
After news of the probe surfaced, Berger acknowledged he left the National Archives on two occasions in 2003 with copies of documents about the government’s anti-terror efforts and notes that he took on those documents.
He said he was reviewing the materials to help determine which Clinton administration documents to provide to the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. He called the episode “an honest mistake” and denied criminal wrongdoing."
© AP - MSNBC (just google, "Berger pleads guilty")
Exactly. The leftist media is remiss once again when it comes to a democrat breaking the law, neither is ever accountable. Especially a clinton rat. But just wait to hear all the carping if a pubbie stubs their toe.
<< Is Bill Clinton getting away with his dereliction of duty again? >>
No.
The Bush Administration, including the house hispanic who would be chief justice of the [Once] supreme court, is.
The government IS the largest welfare recipient!!!
Berger's sentencing is set for July 8.... and he apparently got a sweet plea deal. You can bet if Berger is not cooperating---- as his plea demands----the deal will be off. These are the main concerns:
(1) Have all the people connected with the theft been prosecuted?
(2) Were the stolen documents actually destroyed or secreted for Mr Berger's later use?
(3) Is the plea deal condiitoned on Berger giving up information?
(4) Mr Berger apparently did not act alone. Is naming names part of the plea dea?
FReepers, demand Berger pay for his crimes. Send your concerns about national security, and Berger's outrageous plea deal here:
U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson
c/o US District Court
US Dept of Justice
Judiciary Center
555 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20530
PHONE (202) 514-6933
The phone number is a prosecutor's office---keep your messages short and civil.
Trapped Clinton Rat squirming free bump
Ah, I see you've been to the Social Security HQ building in Chicago too.
<< Today, it seems, most government workers are former welfare recipients. >>
It's way worse than that!
Thanks to the twin tyrannies of "multiculturalism" and "PC," the modern-day Inquisition, today, in fact, most government workers are former welfare recipient criminal aliens!
Thanks, Liz.
Thanks, Liz, for the call to action, that is, not for any connection to the Modern Inquisition!
Berger's plea deal is conditioned on Berger's "cooperation." We need to make very certain that we, the people, got something in return for Berger's plea deal. 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.
We demand to know:
(1) Have all the people who conspired with Berger been named and prosecuted?
(2) Did Berger actually destroy stolen docs--as he said---or are they being secreted for Berger's self-serving reasons: (a) for Hillary's campaign in exchange for Berger getting a political appointment, for (b) Berger's financial benefit in his oil consulting business, (c) to coverup 9/11?
(3) Berger admitted to stealing documents the Archives did not list as missing . (4) What did he do with them? Is his plea deal conditioned on Berger returning these as well? (5) Who was in on the coverup?
In an earlier public statement, Noel Hillman, chief of the Justice Department’s public integrity section, would not discuss Berger’s motivation, but said the former national security adviser understood the rules governing the handling of classified materials.
Duh---excuse me while I crawl back onto the turnip truck.
So why isn't the public allowed to share the info about Berger's motivation?? Why is Hillman holding this back? These compelling questions should be posed to the proper authorities.
Send your concerns about Berger's plea deal to the judge who will sentence Berger July 8.
U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson
c/o US District Court
US Dept of Justice
Judiciary Center
555 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20530
PHONE (202) 514-6933
Caution: phone number listed is a prosecutor's personal phone line - keep messages short and civil.
Sandy should be counting his blessing. If it looked like he might go to jail or be willing to make a deal, he'd have a mysterious accident or "heart attack".
Thanks for the ping.
Because he's very,very sorry.
Yep - same as it ever was. Both parties meet in back rooms and discuss the course of events like A WWF WRESTLING match
Cynical, you bet... reality partially. Just look at the Rhinos, Mclame it makes one sad that there are few patriots left
Our time is coming - hopefully I will be young enough when it happens to resist. A cival war is coming
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