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Sandy Berger's Sentencing Postponed
News Max ^ | July 13, 2005

Posted on 07/14/2005 9:05:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Sentencing for former Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, who pleaded guilty in April to stealing and destroying top secret terrorism documents from the National Archives, has been delayed, NewsMax.com has learned.

Asked why Berger wasn't sentenced as scheduled on Friday, July 8, a Justice Department spokesman told NewsMax on Tuesday that Berger's sentencing has been postponed till September.

The spokesman declined to offer an explanation for the delay.

Repeated calls asking about the postponement to Berger's lawyer, Washington, D.C., attorney Lanny Breuer, went unreturned.

Federal District Court's U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson, who is presiding over the Berger case, also did not return a call inquiring about its disposition.

After Justice Department prosecutor Noel Hillman allowed Berger to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, he requested what some consider an extraordinarily light sentence given the gravity of the crime - a $10,000 fine, a three-year suspension of Berger's security clearance and no jail time.

The recommendation for leniency was in stark contrast with the comments of Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who suggested after the document theft story broke that Berger could be headed to jail.

"We take issues of classified information very, very seriously," Comey told reporters, before adding, "All felonies in the federal system bring with them the promise of jail time, that's all I can say about that."

Prosecutor Hillman's recommendation would still have to be approved by Magistrate Robinson, a prospect that is expected but not assured.

Under Justice Department guidelines, Berger's misdemeanor plea could still yield a $100,000 fine and a year in prison.

Since the announcement of Berger's light sentence, several online petitions have sprung up, urging Magistrate Robinson to impose a stiffer penalty.

It's not clear whether the delay in Berger's sentencing has anything to do with a reluctance on Robinson's part to accept Hillman's recommendation.


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To: mmercier
I missed the bit about the pig Schumer wanting rove's security Clarence pulled.

Talk about brass balls.
21 posted on 07/14/2005 9:19:32 AM PDT by mmercier
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To: pepsionice

He has to cough it up for three years. That's through the Bush term and then he's back in bidness.


22 posted on 07/14/2005 9:20:40 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Hail Britannia!)
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To: Socratic

"Message: "Let's see how that little Rove matter progresses before we make a final determination on Mr. Lumpy-Pants."

Bingo! That's what I get out of it.


23 posted on 07/14/2005 9:20:58 AM PDT by demlosers (Allegra: Do not believe the garbage the media is feeding you back home.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Sandy has a golf date which could not be broken.


24 posted on 07/14/2005 9:21:18 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I'm sure this will be a top story on the CBS Evening News tonight.


25 posted on 07/14/2005 9:21:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: pepsionice

I'm going to say no, since the suspension of his clearance is still being talked about as a future facet of his sentence.

I'd be surprised, though, to see anyone foolish enough now to put him in a position where he would be using his clearance.


26 posted on 07/14/2005 9:21:57 AM PDT by HiJinx ("A landowner has no duty to aid trespassers." ~ U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll)
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To: mmercier
No kidding.

The LIBERALS (trumpeted by the msm) want to pull Rove's security clearance with no crime committed. While, MAYBE Berger's clearance will be suspended for 3 years.

My head's spinning.
27 posted on 07/14/2005 9:22:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: logic
This is truely pathetic.....

Agreed. The laws of this country have become a complete joke.

28 posted on 07/14/2005 9:22:50 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

The Rovebaiting on the left is worse than McCarthyism ever was. Joe was right about there being Communists in American institutions.


29 posted on 07/14/2005 9:25:20 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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To: truthkeeper
Actually they are consistent.

If you are from the Right, off with your head regardless if a crime has been committed or not.

If you are from the Left, you walk regardless even if a known crime is definitely committed.

Any questions?
30 posted on 07/14/2005 9:26:05 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

I don't know if this was talked about, but I wonder if Sandy Berger, Wilson, the NY Times, et al are interconnected.


31 posted on 07/14/2005 9:27:53 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: The Electrician
Maybe this will give the FBI more time to turn Berger and get him to rat out Clinton (who almost certainly was the puppeteer behind the incident)...

Yep... certainly has all the earmarkings of prior adventures... ala Vince Foster's office, FBI files, etc..etc..etc..

32 posted on 07/14/2005 9:29:05 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: weegee
The Rovebaiting on the left is worse than McCarthyism ever was. Joe was right about there being Communists in American institutions.

They need a new whipping boy, now that they've back off Tom DeLay.

33 posted on 07/14/2005 9:30:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Same tactics, different target.

I call bullzogby on it.

Teach the children well and hope that one day the despots rot in jail.


34 posted on 07/14/2005 9:34:47 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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To: LaineyDee

Sandy's probably safer sitting in a Federal jail than he is with the Arkansas hit squad on the loose and authorities on his back.


35 posted on 07/14/2005 9:35:58 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

>> My head's spinning

That is the overall goal of these pigs.

In reality it is their heads that are spinning, they are neurotic self destructive reprobates, and the only hope they have left is to confuse those who are still capable of understanding causality.

Watch them flame out, one by one.

Stay steady, and know of the things that are.


36 posted on 07/14/2005 9:36:08 AM PDT by mmercier (Hold the line)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I want to see Berger in shackles and fined to the last degree.


37 posted on 07/14/2005 9:36:25 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: weegee

We need multiple mccarthy's to save this nation.


38 posted on 07/14/2005 9:36:41 AM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (FAKE conservatism is more dangerous than liberalism <<<---at least you know what you're gonna get!)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

McCarthy did not start the investigations into communism and they did not end with his departure (although the socialist left DID try to demonize all who fought communism).

We need people to stand up and push back. Especially those we elected to do so.


39 posted on 07/14/2005 9:38:17 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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To: weegee

Didn't help Jim McDougal much, did it?


40 posted on 07/14/2005 9:39:15 AM PDT by Yanni.Znaio (This tagline is political. The FEC is trying to make me remove it.)
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