Posted on 07/19/2004 5:07:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos
3 minutes ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...
.
Please see my...
ALOHA RONNIE Post No. 823
.
Sorry, I was referring to the arrest of Kerry's brother shown in the Lowell paper.
Ick. I hope whoever got those docs from Berger is grossed out now that he/she/it knows where those docs had been...
Thanks for the link. There's absolutely NO way to keep bup tonight.
Good point!
I remember! I commented on it during the live thread. She was verrrrry nervous.
"Damn lawyers"
If he bought a place in Ireland, he already has left her.
Gee, maybe Berger can blame it all on a bunch of bad mushrooms...
Do you think the press hasn't known about this? Honestly?
This is BULLS_IT. The is a part of a massive coverup by the Clinton Gang...They knew about the upcoming 9/11 strike and were more interested in pardoning every crook who would pay the necessary "tribute" to Slick Willie.
It is very interesting to me that this has been kept quiet. There would be no reason to do so unless there were other people the government was investigating.
Breuer, eh? That's keeping it all in the family...
I cannot wait to hear Rush say tomorrow that for the right journalist there will be a Pulitzer prize in investigative reporting/ journalism on this story.......
"It's pretty obvious to me that Gorelick, Ben Veniste and Roemer should all be investigated."
Agreed and Hillry, there is no doubt her fingerprints are in the mix.
They were not "searching", they showed up to collect something they already knew was there. That's the way it works in these cases. Berger is in really big trouble. Very big trouble.
They HAVE to be Republicans; they're honest and have integrity. :o)
You gals remember more than Ms. Mills about her tenure at the White House.
There's a pic of a hummingbird on the NY Times front page...nothing about Berger.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.