[Liz]

..... at least they could have gotten something in return for the plea. Like for whose benefit the documents were being stolen, when was the order given, who was involved in the conspiracy and who knew about it .......

Good points inwoodian. Cyncooper has pointed out that apparently Berger's plea deal is conditioned on Berger's "cooperation." This is what we need to know:

(1) Have all the people who conspired with Berger been named and prosecuted?

(2) Did Berger actually destroy stolen docs--as he said---or are they being secreted (a) for Hillary's campaign in exchange for Berger getting a political appointment, for (b) Berger's financial benefit in his oil consulting business, (c) to coverup 9/11?

(3) Berger admitted to stealing documents the Archives did not list as missing---what did he do with these? Is his plea deal conditioned on Berger returning these as well?

Here's where you can send your concerns about Berger's plea deal. This is the judge who will sentence Berger. Caution: phone munber is a prosecutor's personal phone line - keep messages short and civil.

U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson
c/o US District Court
US Dept of Justice
Judiciary Center
555 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20530

PHONE (202) 514-6933

[yoe]

Thank you Liz!

[cyncooper]

Thank you for the ping.

A re-reading of Farah's first paragraph indicates he's being a bit disingenuous here. (I noted his omission of the cooperation agreement) with this:

When Sandy Berger, the former national security adviser to the president of the United States, was caught red-handed stealing highly classified documents from the National Archives more than a year ago, he was permitted to go free. He was allowed to go out and give speeches. He was even permitted to serve as a national security adviser to a presidential candidate and was talked about as a possible secretary of state for John Kerry, should he have been elected to the White House.

~snip~

The fact is that after it became known that Berger had taken these documents the Kerry campaign claimed Berger served as nothing more than an informal advisor (a lie which freepers soon exposed) but nonetheless they cut him loose so he did not continue in that role, informal or formal.

I was not happy that he was globetrotting and giving speeches and opinions, either, and on that I agree with Farah.

[mickie]

I wrote Her Honor Robinson a letter. Alot of good that will do......I'll probably get a IRS tax audit next year!