How an Ex-Aide to President Clinton Stashed Classified Documents (Sandy Burglar Update)

New York Sun ^ | 21 December 2006 | Josh Gerstein

[shrinkermd]

A former national security adviser to President Clinton, Samuel Berger, stashed highly classified documents under a trailer in downtown Washington in order to evade detection by National Archives personnel, a government report released yesterday said.

The report from the inspector-general for the National Archives, Paul Brachfeld, said Mr. Berger executed the cloak-and-dagger maneuver in October 2003 while taking a break from reviewing Clinton-era documents in connection with the work of the so-called September 11 commission.

" Mr. Berger exited the archive onto Pennsylvania Avenue," the report says, recounting the story the former national security chief told investigators. "He did not want to run the risk of bringing the documents back in the building. … He headed toward a construction area on 9th Street. Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the archives and the DOJ, and did not see anyone. He removed the documents from his pockets, folded the notes in a ‘V' shape, and inserted the documents in the center. He walked inside the construction fence and slid the documents under a trailer...

[shrinkermd]

No conviction worth mentioning. Even shoplifting gets a bigger sentence.

[BigFinn]

I bet this guy was glad he wasn't a Republican.

[Tzimisce]

Hm..........

[fhlh]

you said it...

It is un'freakin'believable what corrupt Demoncrats can get away with when compared to the rest of US...

[MizSterious]

But don't you know? "Democrats care."

That's the bumper sticker I'm seeing around town here in central Oklahoma. (gag)

[edcoil]

Well you know, president clinton said he was a sloppy desk kinda guy. All an accident you know.

[woofie]

Im sure glad Nancy Pelosi has made ethics reform a priority

[jpl]

Yep. Once you're an official member of the bipartisan oligarchy that runs the country, you can get away with just about darn near anything without fear of serious reprisal.

[popdonnelly]

"But don't you know? "Democrats care."

Yes, they care about getting elected. And their fellow Democrats in the news media care about helping them get elected.

[umgud]

Who was responsible for Berger's light sentence and what were their motives for such easy punishment?

[TruthWillWin]

Third thread on this subject I've seen today.

[mware]

He headed toward a construction area on 9th Street. Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the archives and the DOJ, and did not see anyone. He removed the documents from his pockets, folded the notes in a ‘V' shape, and inserted the documents in the center. He walked inside the construction fence and slid the documents under a trailer...

I don't think there is any doubt that he is on video tape, otherwise they would not have such detailed information of where he looked.

[TexasCajun]

It's not only Big Media that lets Dimocrats get away with this stuff, more so it is Republican leadership and their limp-wristed, cowardly aversion to anything confrontational with members across the aisle.

[LiteKeeper]

Whoever it was needs to be impeached [that is still the word du jour, isn't it?].

[TruthWillWin]

Wish the MSM would give this subject appropriate coverage.

[Phsstpok]

The terms of his plea agreement should have included a clause that he had to tell the truth about what he did. I don't think he admitted to this, instead claiming that he "inadvertently" took the documents then destroyed them once he realized he had them "by mistake." If that's the case then his plea agreement should be null and void and he should be prosecuted (no double jeopardy would apply) and he should also be prosecuted for perjury to the fullest extent of the law.

Unless of course he flips on Bill and Hill? Nah, that would violate the code of omerta and he would be taking a walk in Fort Marcy Park or he'll take a nap on the railroad tracks in Mena.

[pepsionice]

Seems to me there is a great ad here. 2008 election...Hillary running...and we have a chubby guy running around a construction with a library next to it...in the background with a voice..."...the last time a Clinton was in office, they hired a gentleman to help mind the White House slant for them". In the background will be a Sandy Berger character running around a construction with papers falling out of his pants and he is running like Curly of the Three Stooges. He runs back and forth from the construction site to the library. And then the voice says "some state secrets are better kept in the construction site and not in public view."

With that...you take 500,000 votes away from Hillary and reward Sandy the best way possible.

[Alberta's Child]

As far as I was concerned, this country's stupid "war on terror" was officially over once this pr!ck was let off with a slap on the wrist for a Federal crime that he committed for the specific purpose of covering up his own complicity in the 9/11 attacks . . . and once Jamie Gorelick -- who was also complicit in the events of 9/11 through her gross incompetence/malfeasance -- was named to the panel that was supposed to be investigating the 9/11 attacks.

[Boodah Slim]

Berger stole our history and walks free. Something's rotten - and it ain't in Denmark.

[Boodah Slim]

''bipartisan oligarchy''

That's exactly right. One law for us - no law for them.