Nancy Kegan Smith, an expert on the papers of the First Ladies in the Office of Presidential Libraries
Nancy Kegan Smith, senior archivist in the Office of Presidential Libraries and co-editor of Modern First Ladies: Their Documentary Legacy
September 2004 statement to Brachfeld by Nancy Kegan Smith, who directs the Archives’ presidential documents staff and let Berger view the documents in her office in violation of secrecy rules. Smith said "she would never know what if any original documents were missing," Brachfeld reported in an internal memo…
Brachfeld pressed Justice Department officials on six occasions in 2004 to make a fuller statement to the commission about Berger’s actions, to no avail. He also contacted Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, who organized an April 2004 meeting between Brachfeld and Justice officials that convinced him that "these issues had to go before the 9/11 Commission," according to two people present.
In the Hertling letter, the department noted obstacles in its investigation. The FBI was not advised of the case until Oct. 15, 2003, almost two weeks after Smith concluded that Berger had stolen documents. By then, Archives General Counsel Gary Stern had called Berger and former Clinton lawyer Bruce Lindsey about it and obtained two documents from Berger, who surrendered them at home after first denying they were in his possession.
"It never ceases to amaze me how the most trivial things can be politicized. It is the height of unfairness . . . for this poor guy, who clearly made a mistake," Breuer said…
Completely NAUSEATING! Do the Clinton's have a stranglehold on EVERYone and EVERYthing???? God, help us .. save US from them .. again.
Run, Fred, Run!
I noticed in your post about Sandy Berger and the Justice Dept...the name "Hertling".
I think his name has come up this last week re: the US attorney's kerfuffle...
I can't remember in what context..but he might be one of the cogs in the system that is broken.