Scumbag Protected Burglar: "I stole and destroyed the documents pertaining to US security
for a very important reason: To protect the Clintons and Gorelick. So what."
Posted on 07/19/2004 5:07:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos
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By JOHN SOLOMON
WASHINGTON - President Clinton (news - web sites)'s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.
Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news - web sites) agents armed with warrants. Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had taken from classified anti-terror documents he reviewed at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. He also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio, they said.
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved, but I had no intention of withholding documents from the commission, and to the contrary, to my knowledge, every document requested by the commission from the Clinton administration was produced," Berger said in a statement to the AP.
Berger served as Clinton's national security adviser for all of the president's second term and most recently has been informally advising Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites). Clinton asked Berger last year to review and select the administration documents that would be turned over to the commission.
The FBI searched Berger's home and office with warrants earlier this year after employees of the National Archives told agents they believed they witnessed Berger put documents into his clothing while reviewing sensitive Clinton administration papers, officials said.
When asked, Berger said he returned some of the classified documents, which he found in his office, and all of the handwritten notes he had taken from the secure room, but said he could not locate two or three copies of the highly classified millennium terror report.
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Do you know when he took the files and when the FBI searched his home??
Scumbag Protected Burglar: "I stole and destroyed the documents pertaining to US security
for a very important reason: To protect the Clintons and Gorelick. So what."
Boy, this could be the biggest story ever.
It was in London.
Apparently Americas greatest enemy is our own Democrat Party !
DC needs to be cleaned out and up. They will sell their soles for a dollar.
I wonder, though, if he didn't also take info on what happened at OKC. There's an Iraqi connection there, and a Logan Airport connection as well.
I just heard a blurb on AP radio on Berger. ONE SENTENCE!
As of 9:05pm, there is still no mention of this on CNN's website. Their main story is the Marine who insists he didn't desert, plus an intriguing special report that urges people to "flick", not "swat" mosquitoes.
Apparently Americas greatest enemy is our own Democrat Party !
DC needs to be cleaned out and up. They will sell their soles for a dollar.
This will be covered up or overlooked just like "MemoGate".
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he [1] knowingly removed handwritten notes he had taken from classified anti-terror documents he reviewed at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. He [2] also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio, they said.
"I deeply regret the sloppiness involved, but I had no intention ("knowingly removed") of withholding documents from the commission, and to the contrary, to my knowledge, every document requested by the commission from the Clinton administration was produced," Berger said in a statement to the AP.
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The FBI searched Berger's home and office with warrants earlier this year after employees of the National Archives told agents they believed they witnessed Berger put documents into his clothing while reviewing sensitive Clinton administration papers, officials said.
When asked, Berger said he returned some of the classified documents, which he found in his office, and all of the handwritten notes he had taken from the secure room, but said he could not locate two or three copies of the highly classified millennium terror report.
What an F****** liar.
Don't hold your breath.
Looks like Bill and Hitlery are going to have to Fosterize ol' Sandy.
It was Bill Richardson, I think.
I did refrain from talking about "links" in someone's pants as it relates to the Clinton administration.
Stick a fork in the DEMS, They're done
They've bonded together so much that they've decided not to disband. They are going to continue to meet, and "investigate" and offer their opinions.
Talk about GALL.
So all known copies of that report are gone now.....amazing.
Good chance he will be "pickled" very soon
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