Posted on 01/03/2007 11:48:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson
"Grate" post, Jim.
Now, EVERYONE DONATE DAMMIT --- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!
Ditto that, Mo?
They obviously had hand-written notes jotted in the margins.
The question is what was so damning Berger was willing to take one for the team.
Clinton was not president in 2002. Why did they have to grant him access?
Harold Ickes is my second choice.
Because he had to designate him as the guy for access for the 911 Commission.
I don't think he's a lawyer, so I bet not.
We need FR up and running if we are ever going to counter these Libs ..
I'm all but certain he's a lawyer.
But....now that you asked that, that is a GOOD question.
Why would a man who no longer had control over those papers have to designate somebody to look at them.
What possible reason could there be to "redact" a name from this kind of investigation??
I remember reading that when the Director of the National Archives was informed that Berger was suspected of stealing classified documents, the very first person he called on the phone was.... Bruce Lindsey. And this report comes from the National Archives and Records Administration, which appears to be as corrupt as everything else in Dirty City.
Maybe how they didn't take terrorism seriously and were more concerned about being PC because of lawsuits
Or maybe it's something like Chinagate and they didn't want to target certain donors of Clinton?
Oh heck .. with the Clinton's .. it could be anything
--- He said he "went to the restroom on an average of every 30 minutes to one hour to use the facilities and stretch his legs." ---
Ah- using a variation on Al's "Ice Tea" excuse.
You're right!
Now that we know clinton's signed the authorization letter, we also know that he was sent on a specific mission: certain documents and papers HAD to be seized and destroyed.
Yeah, what could possibly make Berger risk a fine and a three-year suspension of his security clearance?
In December, Bush met with Clinton for a two-hour, one-on-one discussion of national security and foreign policy challenges. Clinton recalled saying to Bush, "I think you will find that by far your biggest threat is Bin Ladin and the al Qaeda." Clinton told us that he also said, "One of the great regrets of my presidency is that I didn't get him [Bin Ladin] for you, because I tried to."159 Bush told the Commission that he felt sure President Clinton had mentioned terrorism, but did not remember much being said about al Qaeda. Bush recalled that Clinton had emphasized other issues such as North Korea and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.160
In early January, Clarke briefed Rice on terrorism. He gave similar presentations-describing al Qaeda as both an adaptable global network of jihadist organizations and a lethal core terrorist organization-to Vice President-elect Cheney, Hadley, and Secretary of State-designate Powell. One line in the briefing slides said that al Qaeda had sleeper cells in more than 40 countries, including the United States.161 Berger told us that he made a point of dropping in on Clarke's briefing of Rice to emphasize the importance of the issue. Later the same day, Berger met with Rice. He says that he told her the Bush administration would spend more time on terrorism in general and al Qaeda in particular than on anything else. Rice's recollection was that Berger told her she would be surprised at how much more time she was going to spend on terrorism than she expected, but that the bulk of their conversation dealt with the faltering Middle East peace process and North Korea. Clarke said that the new team, having been out of government for eight years, had a steep learning curve to understand al Qaeda and the new transnational terrorist threat.162
I could be wrong .. but I don't think just anyone can go in to see those documents
Though since they are from Clinton's term in office .. by him writing a letter gives Sandy and No Name (Bruce?) an excuse and cover
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Thanks. I was all but certain. I'm still thinking Lindsey, but Ickes masterminds dirty work too.
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