Putting Sandy Berger to the test (He refuses to take court ordered Lie Detector)

Michelle.Malkin.com ^ | 1/23/07 | Michelle Malkin

[teddyballgame]

As the FNC story points out, the document-filching Clinton aide did agree to take a polygraph test as part of a plea deal reached in September 2005. Now, some GOP lawmakers want to know why the Justice Department won't follow through:

The Justice Department should administer a polygraph test to former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger to find out what documents he took from the National Archives in 2002 and 2003, Rep. Tom Davis wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales dated Monday. Davis, ranking Republican on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is leading a group of 18 lawmakers who say the Justice Department has been "remarkably incurious" about Berger's decision to remove documents relating to the Sept. 11 commission's inquiry into his role in helping prevent terror attacks during the Clinton administration.

"It is extraordinarily important that the Justice Department avail itself of its rights under the plea agreement and administer a polygraph examination to Mr. Berger to question him about the extent of his thievery.

[COBOL2Java]

The physiological indicators that supposedly indicate lying simply do not arise in habitual liars (Clinton could tell you that day is night and not tweak the needle) and can be turned on and off at will with a little understanding of how the magic machine works.

And I don't doubt that one of the prerequisites for admission to the Clinton inner-circle is the ability to effortlessly spout bald-faced lies. There is no way on God's green earth that the Clintonistas would permit someone with a conscience to enter the collective. The next time you have the misfortune of hearing a Lani Davis interview, you'll see what I mean.

[OrioleFan]

Waterboarding would be better.

[CDHart]

"A man of honor would step up "

Well, that lets Berger out.

Carolyn

[savedbygrace]

Justice dept is a joke too... really pathetic.

You mean the Just Us Department?

[grammarman]

Put him through the Jack Bauer test.

[steve-b]

True.

(That said, there is a valid point that if Berger agreed to take a lie detector, or stand on his head while whistling "Yankee Doodle", or write a naughty sonnet about Bill Clinton and the Oval Office sink, he ought to keep his commitment regardless of whether any of those acts actually bring the truth any closer to light.)

[Calpernia]

Brooklyn reference:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1773636/posts?page=127#127

thru

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1773636/posts?page=132#132