[Publius]

Oh, everyone does it. It's no big deal. Get over it.

That will be the attempted spin. But it won't work this time. Not when national security, secrecy laws and classified material are involved.

I had a Secret clearance once, over 30 years ago. The national security and defense establishments take this kind of thing very seriously, as I saw first hand when an E-7 accidently left the secure communications safe unlocked one night. It was ugly, and it was only a small mistake.

This was deliberate theft of classified material caught on camera. People are going to jail for this.

[Rokurota]

That will be the attempted spin. But it won't work this time. Not when national security, secrecy laws and classified material are involved.

That is until some low level, no-name Clinton appointee holdover publishes his new tell all book claiming he saw Condi shove documents into her bra.

All this and andy rooney tonight on 60 minutes.

[Tallguy]

This was deliberate theft of classified material caught on camera. People are going to jail for this.

What do you want to bet that the clerk at the National Archive, in deference to Berger's former position, didn't react to Berger's pilfering & note-taking UNTIL AFTER he/she was asked to account for some missing originals? It also sounds like Berger may have received a courtesy call to "bring the stuff in, and all will be forgotten," but couldn't produce all the goods. This investigation has gone on too long. He needs to be charged with something.

[Political Junkie Too]

This was deliberate theft of classified material caught on camera. People are going to jail for this.

Now that Berger is stepping down from the Kerry campaign, how much do you want to bet that the next spin line will be: Hasn't he suffered enough?"

-PJ