This was clearly a premeditated criminal act on Bergers part and Outside the Beltway points out that any military or civil service employee would be in jail for such a felony. The question is, why would Clintons national security advisor turn into a thief, disgrace himself and betray his country? Pundit Review speculates that Clinton was clearly trying to hide something.
http://www.corruptionchronicles.com/2006/12/sandy_berger_hid_stolen_terror.html
The very Obvious... Sandy Berger was trying to hide something for Bill Clinton concerning terrorim against the United States
Wrong question.
The correct question is: Why did the Bush Justice Department give Burglar a slap on the wrist instead of prosecuting him to the max? Why would George Bush agree to give Burglar a pass?
The correct answer is that one hand (Bush) washes the other (Clinton).
The anger expressed on this and other threads regarding the theft should be equally directed towards Clinton and Bush.