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Sandy Berger: Guilty as ChargedLast Friday, in U.S. District Court in Washington, former Clinton National Security Adviser Samuel L. "Sandy" Berger pled guilty to charges that he removed and destroyed classified materials from the National Archives on two occasions in 2003--presumably to keep out of the hands of the 9/11 Commission embarrassing marginalia that he or some other official had scribbled on a 2000 memo critical of the Clinton administration's inattentiveness to terrorism threats.The New York Times--which often disapproves of lawbreaking, document destruction, and cover-ups by high government officials--went notably easy on Berger. "Ex-Clinton Adviser to Admit Taking Classified Papers,"...

Berger Quits as An Adviser To Kerry Ex-Clinton Aide Facing Inquiry Over Papers By Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 21, 2004; Page A01 Clinton administration national security adviser Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, under criminal investigation for removing copies of highly classified documents from the National Archives, severed his ties to John F. Kerry's campaign yesterday. Berger, who has been the subject of an investigation since October, stepped down as Kerry's informal adviser on foreign policy and national security as the campaign moved quickly to stem the unfolding story's political damage. A government official with knowledge of the...