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Congress May Launch Sandy Berger Probe
NewsMax ^ | 4/10/05 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 04/10/2005 11:25:37 AM PDT by wagglebee

Congress is considering launching its own investigation into the theft of top secret terrorism documents by former Clinton national security advisor Sandy Berger, according to an influential House Republican.

"Several committees in Congress are interested in looking into the Berger issue," Peter King told WWRL Radio hosts Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter on Thursday.

The senior New York Republican declined to identify the specific committees, but said any probe would come before Berger was formally sentenced in July.

Questions continue to swirl about the five copies of a Millennium bomb plot after-action report stolen by Berger - focusing on why he cut three of those copies "into small pieces."

Berger defenders insist that documents he took contained no original notes in the margins.

"Those documents, emphatically, without doubt - I reviewed them myself - don't have notations on them," prosecutor Noel Hillman told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

But Hillman offered no explanation why Berger shredded three copies and not all five, returning the remaining two to the National Archives.

When news of Berger's theft broke last July, the Justice Department took a much tougher line - with Deputy Attorney General James Comey suggesting that it made no difference whether the documents Berger had stolen were originals.

"It is against the law for anyone to intentionally mishandle classified information, either by taking it to give to somebody else, or by mishandling in a way that is outside the regulations of government information," Comey told reporters at the time.

"All felonies in the federal system bring with them the promise of jail time," he added. Asked how Berger should be held accountable if the documents he destroyed contained any original material, Rep. King told Malzberg, "He should go to jail."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; clintonistas; congress; coverup; documenttheft; nara; probe; sandyberger; trousergate; whitewash
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To: Liz
.....leading one to conclude, Berger took a lot more than has been revealed, a lot more than even the Archives knew about.

And I wonder about anything he might have put back....

21 posted on 04/10/2005 1:37:05 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: wagglebee
[ I have a feeling that any Congressional investigations will run into some major "roadblocks" in the way of less than cooperative participation from the Justice Department. ]

Justice Department just may be an oxy-moron..

22 posted on 04/10/2005 1:41:51 PM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Sandy Burglar is getting away with slimy, stinkin,
socks. He will be around when Hillary runs...Do
you think he will head up the Watergate underground
to get Hillary some needed dirt on? ......Fill in
the name.... Pubs are going down the tubes unless they
show some spine in the Senate ..and dish Hillary when
she votes against qualified Judges...See Schumer today?
I swear..between the Senators here in California and
New York...the country is going to hell in a hand basket.
Jake


23 posted on 04/10/2005 1:53:01 PM PDT by sanjacjake
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To: Brian Allen

"Mr Delay, like every other of the rotten bastards who went to Washington to do Good -- has instead stayed there to do well!" ~ Brian Allen

It appears as if you want us to believe that you're an expert on "rotten bastards". Are you projecting? Are you a victim of misinformation? Or maybe you just lack discernment.

I can only help if it's a misinformation problem:

Rahm Emanuel Behind DeLay Hit April 8, 2005
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380961/posts?page=52#52

Rush: Media Circles DeLay - The media's out for his scalp
Rush Limbaugh Radio Show ^ | 4-6-05 | Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 04/07/2005 11:53:53 AM EDT by Matchett-PI
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379223/posts

LA Times: In Nevada, Reid Is the Name to Know
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-sonsday223jun23,1,1120739.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

LA Times - June 23, 2003 THE SENATORS' SONS: PART TWO
In Nevada, Reid Is the Name to Know
By Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper Times Staff Writers

Members of one lawmaker's family represent nearly every major industry in their home state. And their clients rely on his goodwill. [snip]

Rush: Media Ignores Rampant Harry Reid Corruption But Goes Nuts Over Martinez, DeLay
Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 4-7-05 | Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 04/07/2005 11:42:50 PM EDT by Matchett-PI
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379608/posts

DeLay's Backers Launch Offense
Washington Post ^ | April 10, 2005 | Mike Allen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40496-2005Apr9.html
Posted on 04/09/2005 10:56:45 PM EDT by FairOpinion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380684/posts


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380961/posts?page=54#54


24 posted on 04/10/2005 1:59:33 PM PDT by Matchett-PI (The DemocRAT Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: river rat

""All felonies in the federal system bring with them the promise of jail time,"......

It all depends on the meaning of "promise".


25 posted on 04/10/2005 2:02:24 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: wagglebee

"Congress May Launch Sandy Berger Probe"

I hope they aim it at the appropriate point of his anatomy, and provide sufficient follow-through to achieve a righteous objective.


26 posted on 04/10/2005 2:02:25 PM PDT by sourcery (Resistance is futile: We are the Blog)
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To: mewzilla

And I wonder about anything he might have put back.....Forgeries come to mind.


27 posted on 04/10/2005 2:07:49 PM PDT by Liz (One of it's most compelling tenets is Catholicism's acknowledgement of individual free will.)
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To: wagglebee
Just a bunch of chest beating nothing will come of it!
28 posted on 04/10/2005 2:10:37 PM PDT by Fast1 (Destroy America buy Chinese goods,Shop at Wal-Mart 3/18/05 American was gone when I woke up)
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To: wagglebee

The Clinton Legacy ---- the gift that keeps on giving.


29 posted on 04/10/2005 2:11:20 PM PDT by Liz (One of it's most compelling tenets is Catholicism's acknowledgement of individual free will.)
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To: wagglebee

At least say the "top secret" papers were library books so he at least be charged with something harsh.


30 posted on 04/10/2005 2:12:10 PM PDT by Skeeve14 (De Opresso Liber)
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To: Liz
The Clinton Legacy ---- the gift that keeps on giving.

I'm hoping that within ten or twenty years the Bent One will have a sexually transmitted disease named after him, that would be the "crowning achievement" to the Klintoon legacy.

31 posted on 04/10/2005 2:15:48 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee
Those documents, emphatically, without doubt - I reviewed them myself - don't have notations on them," prosecutor Noel Hillman told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

um....does Hillman have security to see those documents ?
32 posted on 04/10/2005 2:18:26 PM PDT by stylin19a (Always remember - don't ever forget - "2 wrongs don't make a right, it's 3 lefts that make a right.")
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To: gaspar
"Can't you just see an investigation starring Snowe, Collins, McCain, Specter, Hagel and Graham?"

Yes, the "Dream Team".

33 posted on 04/10/2005 2:20:07 PM PDT by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: wagglebee

The WSJ's editorial defense of Berger for two days running was an absolute insult to the intelligence of anyone with basic logic skills. It takes absolutely incredible leaps of faith that one has to undertake to give ANY creditability to the investigation as reported. After reading the WSJ editorial comments on the second day, I felt embarrassed for whomever at the WSJ wrote it. The whole Berger story just demonstrates the contempt with which Washington and the MSM hold the rest of the country.


34 posted on 04/10/2005 2:21:25 PM PDT by NHResident
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To: wagglebee

Heheh.....something to look forward to.


35 posted on 04/10/2005 2:33:35 PM PDT by Liz (One of it's most compelling tenets is Catholicism's acknowledgement of individual free will.)
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To: Czar; gaspar
If the Senate is put in charge of this investigation you can kiss it goodbye. It absolutely needs to be the H.R. if it's to even get off the ground.
36 posted on 04/10/2005 2:52:56 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: wagglebee
I have a feeling that any Congressional investigations will run into some major "roadblocks" in the way of less than cooperative participation from the Justice Department.

Agreed. Remember what branch of the government runs the JD. For reasons I cannot fathom, Bush has soft peddled any action on obvious law breaking by Bill, Hillary and their operatives.

37 posted on 04/10/2005 3:01:43 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's.....you weren't really there.)
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To: inquest
Hey, come on, now, they (Congress) have more important things to do right now. Like investigate steroids in baseball.

I'm smacking myself upside my own head.

How could I forget that Congress will stand for nothing important???

38 posted on 04/10/2005 3:03:33 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: wagglebee; All
HAS SANDY BERGER BEEN CLEARED?

Congressional Republicans must think we're a bunch of fools out here.

I finally found what I've been looking for the past few days.

At post #10 on the above thread of 30 Jul 04, I posted the following which I had taken from my critter's Chairmanship website (it has since been removed the Reform Committee website and, of course, Rep Tom Davis (R-VA) never held the hearings):

reform.house.gov

Government Reform
Contact: David Marin (202) 225-5074

Davis to Investigate Berger Allegations

Washington, Jul 21 -

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) announced today that the Committee intends to investigate allegations that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, in preparation for 9-11 Commission hearings, took highly sensitive terrorism documents from a secure reading room at the National Archives.

The Government Reform Committee, which has jurisdiction over the National Archives, is the primary investigative committee in the House of Representatives.

“These allegations are deeply troubling, and it’s our constitutional responsibility to find out what happened and why,” Davis said. “It boggles the mind to imagine how a former national security advisor walked off with this kind of material in his pants, or wherever on his body he carried it. At best, we’re looking at tremendously irresponsible handling of highly classified information – some of which, I understand, has not yet been located.

“At worst, his actions suggest an intentional effort to keep critical information away from the Commission and the American public. We are now left wondering whether the Commission, set to release its report tomorrow, had access to all of the information it needed to fully do its job. The American people’s faith in our review of 9-11, in our war on terror, in our transparency, is literally at stake in this investigation. It is my hope that Mr. Berger cooperates fully with the Justice Department as its investigation proceeds. Meanwhile, as we continue to afford him the presumption of innocence he deserves, we will fulfill our duty to the American people to get to the bottom of this disturbing breach of trust and protocol.”

Carl Limbacher needs to give RINO Tom Davis a call.

39 posted on 04/10/2005 3:46:12 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Matchett-PI

I stand by what I wrote and will not follow your descent into the ad hominem.

Mr Delay will be hoist by his own petard.

I will not cheer his demise.

But we will both soon witness it.

[As you appear to have forgotten -- as has Mr Delay -- we Republicans are held to a way higher standard than are them dems]


40 posted on 04/10/2005 4:31:52 PM PDT by Brian Allen (I fly and can therefore be envious of no man -- Per Ardua ad Astra!)
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