[okie01]

If it was intentional, and it sure seems so from the first information we have, it's possible Berger wanted to give the Kerry campaign or possibly someone in the media the documents for some reason.

Thanks for the ping and the insight.

According to Berger 9/11 Docs Reveal Clinton Security Lapse, it was the "drafts" Berger was apparently after.

Speculation would be that the "final product" minimized the actual threat and watered down the proposed response, so that the "drafts" would make it obvious that the Clinton administration wasn't as serious about terrorism as they claimed.

Don't know how that might fit into your Kerry thesis, which makes good sense, though.

[MJY1288]

And who sent Berger to the National Archives? ....

Answer = Bill Clinton

Reasonable Conclusion = Conspiracy

Investigation = Wide Spread

[Wolfstar]

Speculation would be that the "final product" minimized the actual threat and watered down the proposed response, so that the "drafts" would make it obvious that the Clinton administration wasn't as serious about terrorism as they claimed.

Certainly a plausible scenario.

Regarding my earlier Kerry campaign speculation, I didn't have enough facts. If I understand the situation correctly now, Berger stole the documents last October. So that might make it a little early to have a connection to the Kerry campaign, which was floundering then.