FBI brought into the Berger case in January 2004 and we found out about it a few months later (about a year after his first pilfering--July). He committed his crimes in July, September and October 2003.
Bump, I have to go for now.
The criminal investigation of Berger began last October but only came to light this week.
Kerry Camp Accuses White House of Berger Leak
The way I read it, for the 9 months before the news of the investigation broke, Sandy the Burglar kept up business as usual.
So, although most of official Washington knew Berger was under investigation for a serious crime, he was still advising a candidate for the presidency, and, as Liz pointed out, profiting from US government business in Iraq.
There is something extremely wrong with this picture.