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GOP leaders seek probe of Berger papers
Yahoo News (AP) ^
| October 11, 2006
| ERICA WERNER
Posted on 10/11/2006 2:44:58 PM PDT by John Carey
A group of House Republicans called Wednesday for a congressional investigation into the improper handling of classified documents by President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger.
Berger admitted last year that he deliberately took classified documents out of the National Archives in 2003 and destroyed some of them at his office. He pleaded guilty in federal court to one charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material and was fined $50,000.
Ten lawmakers led by House Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., released a letter calling for the House Government Reform Committee to investigate.
They asked the committee to determine whether any documents were missing from Clinton administration terrorism records, to review security measures for classified documents and to seek testimony from Berger.
Hunter's spokesman, Joe Kasper, said the Justice Department had asked Congress to hold off on any oversight until the legal case concluded.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: documents; inmypants; sandybergler; sandyburglar
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To: bigbob
"this probe should be focused on the same part of his anatomy where the papers were hidden..."The focus would be obscured by his head, which is in the same location....
To: John Carey
To: onyx; All
I put what .. where??
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:22:11 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: SmoothTalker
I wanted to see this investigation conducted a long time ago. Is there something more that Congress has become aware of?
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:39:46 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: John Carey
The GOp is a strange, time delayed crew.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:41:02 PM PDT
by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
That was my first thought as well... when there isn't enough time to get this out in front of the public eye before election day. I saw Berger on John Gibson's show yesterday, almost couldn't believe my eyes.
To: in hoc signo vinces
Our ex Attorney General said, last week on Bill O'Reilly, he took the papers that had to do with the Millennium Plot.
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
Geez, what the hell took them so long?I have nothing to add, but it bears repeating
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:53:23 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who are going senile.)
To: Arizona Carolyn
Rep. Tom Davis will never let there be a hearing - it would upset Thw Washington Post. He'd rather spend taxpayer money on hearings about steroid use in professional baseball.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:54:40 PM PDT
by
nvcdl
To: STARWISE
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:54:51 PM PDT
by
onyx
(We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
To: John Carey
I'll be impressed when the headline reads "Attorney General Indicts Berger For Espionage and Treason", or something to that effect.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:57:22 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: John Carey
HEL-LO! It is about time!
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:15:05 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: John Carey
To: SmoothTalker
"Hunter's spokesman, Joe Kasper, said the Justice Department had asked Congress to hold off on any oversight until the legal case concluded."
It's only been a year since Berger was sentenced, and the investigation isn't just about Berger, it's going to include a review of the security measures in place that allowed the removal of classified documents to begin with, and to prevent classified security information from ever being compromised again.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:41:00 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: Enterprise
"I wanted to see this investigation conducted a long time ago. Is there something more that Congress has become aware of?"
They were asked by the Justice Dept. to hold off on any hearings until the court case was concluded. Berger was sentenced a year ago. The question I have is will these hearings be open to the public? Being that they will be focused on the security of classified documents, I highly doubt it.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:43:56 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
Geez, what the hell took them so long? They are considering tackling the Vince Foster case after they knock this one out.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:49:18 PM PDT
by
alrea
To: alrea
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:52:25 PM PDT
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: mass55th
To: badbass
Welcome to politics.Fun huh?
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:53:05 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: traditional1
Will his underwear be introduced as Exhibit A; THAT is the question......Maybe like the liar in chief, BJ Clinton, Sandy the Burgler will say, "Ah tried, ah tried. I failed, but at least ah tried to get more papers down my pants."
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:54:37 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(Matthew 5:37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no)
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