Posted on 10/08/2007 5:12:57 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified terrorism documents from the National Archives, destroyed them and lied to investigators, is now an adviser to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Berger, who was fired from John Kerry´s presidential campaign when the scandal broke in 2004, has assumed a similar role in Clinton´s campaign, even though his security clearance has been suspended until September 2008. This is raising eyebrows even among Clinton´s admirers.
“It shows poor judgment and a lack of regard for Berger´s serious misdeeds,” said law professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University, who nonetheless called Clinton “by far the most impressive candidate in the Democratic field.”
Adler told The Examiner that it is “simply incomprehensible to me that a serious contender for the presidency would rely upon him as a key foreign policy advisor.”
He added: “If Senator Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, at some point she will begin to receive national security briefings that will include sensitive information. At such a point, continuing to keep Berger on board as a key advisor, where he might have access to sensitive material, would be beyond incomprehensible.”
The Clinton campaign declined to comment.
Berger has admitted stealing documents from the National Archives in advance of the 9/11 Commission hearings in 2003. The documents, written by White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, were a “tough review” of the Clinton administration´s shortcomings in dealing with terrorism, Clarke´s lawyer told the Washington Post.
On several occasions, Berger stuffed highly classified documents into his pants and socks before spiriting them out of the Archives building in Washington, according to investigators. On one occasion, upon reaching the street, he hid documents under a construction trailer after checking the windows of the Archives and Justice Department buildings to make sure he was not being watched.
Berger came back later and retrieved the documents, taking them home and cutting them up with scissors. Two days later, he was informed by Archive employees that his removal of documents had been detected.
“Berger panicked because he realized he was caught,” said a report by the National Archives inspector general, which also recounted his initial reaction. “Berger lied.”
Berger also lied to the public, telling reporters he made an “honest mistake” by “inadvertently” taking the documents, which he blamed on his own “sloppiness.” Bill Clinton vouched for the explanation for Berger, who served as his national security adviser.
Berger later conceded: “I was giving a benign explanation for what was not benign.”
The Justice Department initially said Berger stole only copies of classified documents and not originals. But the House Government Reform Committee later revealed that an unsupervised Berger had been given access to classified files of original, uncopied, uninventoried documents on terrorism. Several Archives officials acknowledged that Berger could have stolen any number of items and they “would never know what, if any, original documents were missing.”
At his sentencing in September 2005, Berger was fined $50,000, placed on probation for two years and stripped of his security clearance for three years.
Of course PIAPS would put him on the payroll. By destroying incriminating documents, he made her candidacy possible. And the Dims won’t care...the ends (power) justify the means (crime).
You know, if our party doesn’t have the guts to show a bright light on all of the dirt that Hillary Clinton and her vile husband have all over themselves and their co-horts - then we don’t deserve to win. I can only hope they are compiling a library of stuff to use once the campaigns get into full swing.
The more corrupt a Democrat becomes the more they are rewarded by members of their own party.
Honor among thieves and all that....
I am suffering from a severe case of Clinton Fatigue. Nothing these three do (the Impeached, the Red Queen and the Dog-faced Girl), will surprise or shock me anymore.
And I think that was the plan all along.
Sung to the tune of "Onward Clinton Soldiers"...
That’s the truth!
This will make outstanding campaign commercials against her. Smartest woman in America...
So, has there been anything about this in the major media??? I would guess that it’ll never “see the light of day” in those quarters.
At his sentencing in September 2005, Berger was fined $50,000, placed on probation for two years and stripped of his security clearance for three years.
This is so unbelievable!!! This is the first that I had heard that these documents were originals that Berger had stolen, and that there are no copies. So there is no way to determine what he had stolen and the damage that was done to our National Security? Unbelievable. Why was he given a slap on the wrist sentence?
Birds of a feather...
They don't.
Maybe this is about loyalty, maybe not. With this crowd, it could be “Give me a high-paying job or I’ll sing like a canary.”
The Clinton Cosa Nostra rewards those who don’t rat them out.
This is simply part of the “pay off” Sandy gets for taking the fall for the Clintons when he “sanitized” the 9-11 records. What little respect I had for the Department of Justice evaporated when they pleaded Sandy out to a misdemeanor for basically treason.
Birds of a feather? Honor among thieves? I’m sure there’s a more appropriate observation to describe this hiring.
I’m betting that the docs he destroyed were ones that had H!’s name on them as a participant in the meetings...............
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