[Donna Lee Nardo]

"Later, Berger said if he had been asked to return the file 'it would have triggered a decision for him to give the documents back.'"

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"Berger said if someone had always been with him, he would not have taken any documents."

I hadn't realized we were dealing with a child until I read these comments.

[TigersEye]

"Later, Berger said if he had been asked to return the file 'it would have triggered a decision for him to give the documents back.'" ***

"Berger said if someone had always been with him, he would not have taken any documents."

DLN: I hadn't realized we were dealing with a child until I read these comments.

Another poster said almost the same thing you did. My first thought in reading through it was of childhood and that if I had given my father a bunch of excuses like that for stealing and lying he would have beaten me senseless. Dad was not big on corporal punishment either but a litany of lame excuses like Berger's would have made him livid. Yet here we have an adult with national security clearances breaking federal laws and putting every American in danger and he gets the equivalent of "no TV or cookies for the next two weeks."

I'll tell you what; I will not sacrifice any of my liberties to help this government's phoney baloney national security initiatives. Symbolism over substance isn't going to prevent the next attack.