Posted on 01/03/2007 11:48:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson
I completely agree I just wanted to highlight that disparity. I think our federal government has totally jumped the shark.
This part still raises my hackles every time I think of it. Liberals are the most hypocritical group of putrid slime-bags...
So, why isn't something done about this???
What do you make of all this?
BUMP!!!!
Berger was protecting Clinton's REAL legacy! We couldn't have the country know the TRUTH about who was responsible for 9/11!
"I hadn't realized we were dealing with a child until I read these comments."
Just about all of the aging leftists such as Berger are like children. They refused to grow up. They have no maturity. When they do something wrong, they look for someone else tp blame. I'm reminded of Clinton's petulant responses in his deposition.
Bruce Lindsey was Clinton's attorney with regard to the submission of documents to the Commission. Berger must have worked with him.
Thank you. I was afraid I might be wearing tinfoil.
Didn't Clinton's executive privledge end when he left the White House?
Bush wont do a thing.
>>>>Nixon's Plumbers were trying to get some dirt on one of the DNC's top guys; I think his name was O'Brien. O'Brien's "Head" secretary was running a liaison service with a brothel across the street from the Watergate hotel, where the Dem's had there Nat'l HQ.
And the ones that own the video tapes from the Watergate Hotel (and vast affiliates, ie., Big Apple Oriental Tours, G&F Tours of New Orleans: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1472612/posts ) are the ones that are actually in charge.
Republican IS the operative word :
1- Because the culprits are not Republican
2- Spineless Republicans in the Congress and the media didn't investigate or raise bloody hell, respectively.
Nothing surprises me with slick willy.
I believe Ashcroft was under orders from the HIGHEST LEVEL to simply stall. Then he was replaced in February 2005 by Alberto Gonzales, W's right-hand croney. The subsequent plea-deal that occurred must have been effectuated then under the new management (note the bolded portion of the report following from Wikipedia):
On April 1, 2005, in connection with the documents investigation, Berger pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. Under a plea agreement, U.S. attorneys recommended a fine of $10,000 and a loss of security clearance for three years. However, on September 8, U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson increased the fine to $50,000 at Berger's sentencing. Robinson stated, "The court finds the fine [recommended by government prosecutors] is inadequate because it doesn't reflect the seriousness of the offense."On December 20, 2006, more than a year after Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence, a report issued by the archives inspector found that Berger removed classified documents from the National Archives in 2003 and hid them under a construction trailer. Inspector General Paul Brachfeld reported that on one visit, Berger took a break to go outside without an escort. "In total, during this visit, he removed four documents ... Mr. Berger said he placed the documents under a trailer in an accessible construction area outside Archives 1 (the main Archives building)." Berger acknowledged that he later retrieved the documents from the construction area and returned with them to his office.
I somehow doubt that we will ever see an apology from the Wall Street Journal which pooh-poohed the idea that Berger was intending to, and succeeded at, destroying evidence.
All of the denials of there being effective destruction of evidence, or handwritten notes seem to eminate from the following actors (who may be merely scape-goats or fall-guys if Adults ever again come to power):
Noel Hillman, chief of the Justice Department's public integrity section.Inspector General Paul Brachfeld
These guys appear to be actively abetting the cover-up .
One can only surmise that it is with W's and Gonzales' blessing...and that the "fix" was "in".
hello?
Basic Civics lesson: we have THREE independent branches of government. They are: 1. Executive; 2. Legislative; and 3. Judicial.
The DOJ (Executive) prosecutes crimes; the courts (Judicial) hand down sentences.
So, tell me exactly how the Bush Administration (Executive) is responsible for the light Berger sentence meted by the court (Judicial)?
They accepted a plea deal? Perhaps they didn't have enough evidence .. or a jury that would convict (if you recall Cong. McKinney?) ?
This is but one in a growing list of reasons leading to my conclusion that further participation in electoral politics at the national level is utterly pointless.
And why should a former president be authorized to appoint an underling to access the Nat'l Archives? Does a federal statute so provide?
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