[Black Tooth]

After Justice Department prosecutor Noel Hillman allowed Berger to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, he requested what some consider an extraordinarily light sentence given the gravity of the crime - a $10,000 fine, a three-year suspension of Berger's security clearance and no jail time.

Misdemeanor for what? Were the charges simply removing documents? If so, did anyone bother to ask him what documents these were?

Thanks.

[concerned about politics]

Misdemeanor for what? Were the charges simply removing documents? If so, did anyone bother to ask him what documents these were?

Yeah. He says he was just looking through documents to remind him of the past so he'd be able to answer the 9/11 commission questions correctly. He said he just "borrowed some" and put them back. He also said, because he brought back less than he took, that he was just destroying "copies."
He was charged for making that "little mistake".

[Sacajaweau]

I believe I read "someplace" that Berger was cooperating. Reading BETWEEN the lines, I'd say Berger dumped his guts for the light sentence. (Hanson, the spy got a ridiculous light sentence in exchange for "cooperating). In other words, Berger's not willing to do jail time for Bubba and/or crew.