If I'm not mistaken, security regulations require that notes on Top Secret material are to be taken by a security officer, double wrapped, and sent to the person who took the notes. They are not to be stuffed in your jacket, pants, and socks. Since Berger had been dealing with classified documents through much of his career, he must have known this.
Yeah.
I worked in a private industry that was very interested in keeping tight track of its documents, since many were part or background to regulatory submissions and/or very valuable to the owner and the competition.
The rules were tight for the minions, but the big cheeses laughed at them. They thought they were above it all. And of course if there is a problem, their is always the underlings to blame.
I am sure that ego and that Clintonesque concept of careerism ad being well above the law is the keystone of this whole thing. Of course, right after them all being total slime balls.....