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 $50,000, placed on probation for two years and stripped of his security clearance for three years.
Berger is blackmailing Hill for some of that laundered H$U funny money.
This is just a way of paying him to keep quiet re the acts of treason he did to keep the Clintoons and his peers out of jail or being strung up.
I agree...it’s all about Bill “but enough about me, what do you think of me” Clinton.
Birds of a feather...
Miss Didi corrected me — it was GQ, not Atlantic that Bubba is going to pose for.
Our justice department has more clintonostra people than true officers of the law. As long as the clintonostra are kept in justice, we will see NO justice.
I cant help but think the book and movie “The Star Chamber” everytime one of Clinton’s goons shows their head.
Hey, Sandy, are you glad to see me or is that the entire Library of Congress in your socks?
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NEVER FORGET
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Magnates ATTRACT:
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SANDY BERGER = Was Communist China’s Chief Washington, D. C. Lobbyist when President CLINTON appoints him as his own White House National Security Adivisor
HILLARY RODHAM & BILL CLINTON = Were Communist North Vietnam supporters during its push to take over a then Free South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Horridly bringing down upon the once Free South Vietnamese People:
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
..”JOURNEY from the FALL”.. MoviePremieres = Fall of Saigon CLARITY..
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806248/posts
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MONSOUR IJAZ = Terrorism Expert who was on National TV the day after the 9/11 Attacks sharing how the heartache of the previous day’s Attacks could have been avoided,
...if only the CLINTON White House (thru SANDY BERGER) hadn’t refused the 3 free offers he had negotiated with the Sudan during the 1990’s to give us OSAMA bin LADEN on a silver platter.
DICK MORRIS = Former CLINTON White House Political Advisor who stated on National Talk Radio that he had personally witnessed President BILL CLINTON in the Oval Office refuse 2 such OSAMA offers.
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For...
...the Enemy is now within,
...and always has been.
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NEVER FORGET
I though it was "Reports in His Shorts".
Amen to that.
Write this one down. It’s one of the few mistakes her campaign is going to made. But it was a bad one.
Sen. Clinton: Sandy Berger has 'no official role in my campaign'http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/10/sen-clinton-san.html
At the end of an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a short while ago, USA TODAY's Susan Page inquired about reports that former Clinton administration national security adviser Sandy Berger is advising her.
Susan asked whether Clinton has any qualms about having Berger as an unofficial adviser to her campaign, given his mishandling of sensitive, classified intelligence documents in 2003?
"He has no official role in my campaign. He's been a friend for more than 30 years. But he doesn't have any official role," Clinton said.
But he's an unofficial adviser, Susan asked?
"I have thousands of unofficial advisers," said Clinton, "and, you know, I appreciate all of that. But he has no official role in my campaign."
I hope it is fatal, but the fact is most people pay no attention.
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