Posted on 07/20/2004 1:09:02 PM PDT by CWW
Have you noticed the consistent media spin about the theft of the confidential documents by former Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger -- "It's the timing of the leak that's curious" -- not the fact that Berger engaged in illegal conduct they may invovle Clinton or Kerry.
I have now heard this spin on CNN radio, Fox News and, of course, the Today Show.
If Berger had been a Republican, do you think the media would give a rats a@@ abouth the "timing of the disclosure?"
...during 5 visits..
how is it that you accidently do the same thing over five visits?
With a mole working the National Archives assisting, how do we know Berger was the only official doing this?
>>If Berger had been a Republican, do you think the media would give a rats a@@ abouth the "timing of the disclosure?"
If berger were a Republican, the story would have been on the front page of the NY Slimes, above the fold, under a banner headline, and the rest of the national lamestream media would be covering it like white on rice.
I'm having a hard time remembering if Republicans questioned the 'timing' of the Abu Ghraib leak. Maybe that's because...they didn't.
If Berger hadn't been stealing documents it wouldn't be about the timing now would it?
Well, it is a vast right wing conspiracy. They must have all gotten the memo by now.
True!
How do you accidentally stuff documents in your socks, pants and jacket?
Another question Berger needs to be asked is, "Is that a file in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?"
I wonder if Dr. Berger has ever stuffed a quarterpounder and a large order of fries into his clothing and shoes during a visit to McDonald's? Yum!
You do that very, very inadvertently. It's......a habit.
Isn't timing that matters in politics? It's just like a whoopi joke, the timing is the key!
This has been known by the principals for months. It came out during the lull before media scrutiny intensifies for the conventions, but after the 9/11 panel coverage would have raised disturbing questions.
And MOST suspiciously, it crossed the tape exactly at a moment when it would just miss most am newspaper deadlines.
It's the timing of the leak about the leak that's important! Holey socks, Batman, who could have tipped off the press about Sandy's document smuggling?
Yeah it is really curious it took this long for it to get out.
Are they kidding us? These democrats are beyond despicable: evil, traitorous, dangerous, incompetent, power-mad, unimaginably dishonest.
The time has come to destroy these enemies of the United States, just as we would destroy the North Korean ruling class or the Iranian mullahs.
I suppose that depends upon how you define "accidentally" and how you define "stuff". It seems the dems all have a hard time with any hard definition on anything except the vast right wing people.
This from the party who had Casper Weinberger arrested on a phony indictment the Sunday before a Presidential election?
Well, what else could we expect? Remember the "memo-gate" debacle a few months ago? I'm sure they think that what worked then will work now.
great question! Add to the list this question: Doesn't Berger's incompetent/criminal behavior raise questions about the competence of Clinton's national security team? Doesn't this prove that Berger was more of a second rate political hack than someone qualified to be National Security Advisor?
Or the October, 2000 report of President Bush's DUI arrest years ago in Maine.
If I recall correctly, the Abu Ghraib prison story was being investigated by the Army back in January as soon as they found out about it, but the media didn't report on it until a few months ago. Suspicious timing or just time to report it after the investigation was complete?
Now we have this story, where the theft of top secret documents was being investigated, and then after the investigation is complete and documents retrieved, the results are released.
Since when has the spiking of news and the timed release of it become more important than just releasing the news of an investigation once the investigation concludes?
-PJ
Don't forget the "DUI discovery"
He was looking at the documents five times? I wonder if he was bringing in fixed uped documents and taking the real ones away.
Well, it's not a October surprise! Sounds more like fools tripping over their own shoelaces.
Berger was slated on a short list to be (are you ready for this?) Kerry's Secretary of State!!!
These people have a "talent" only for stealing elections (1992, 1996). The rat party is an absolute clear and present danger to you and me personally... to our very lives and the lives of our loved ones.
RICO, baby! RICO!
Its the timing of the missile strike, not the nature of the grand jury!
How did you know this info about Berger? I wonder if the Chinese are good friends with Mr. Berger? I wonder if Mr. Berger knows where the missing file from Los Alomos is as well?
They're Italian, too?
Well, it was similar with the Dem Judiciary and Intel memos---the Pubbies didn't get any traction out of the memos' contents, but the Dems got a boost by their feigned rage at 'who leaked it.'
The trouble is, the Pubbies folded on both issues. I would bet the Pubbies will fold on this too, and it will just disappear. The Pubbies seem completely inept and incapable of capitalizaing on events whenever Dems get caught with their hands in the cookie jar or caught with their pants down.
Somebody help me here. Why does Sandy Berger, no longer in a classified government position, still have a security clearance?
I want to know why we weren't told earlier! I think they leaked it to take off the sting!
Someone on Sean's program said that, too.
At least some of the documents appear to be related to the Millennium Plot Report. Ashcroft has detailed some of what was conatined in the report.
The most damaging information is that Clinton was briefed concerning Al Qaeda activity in America and did absolutely nothing. Not only that, but he didn't brief the Bush administration as to the fact that Al Qaeda was active in America and was planning a major attack.
That is precisely what they believe.
It won't work, not on this. Republicans might well be inclined to provide him the "benefit of the doubt". They might cower beneath the weight of the media. The American public will not.
This is serious, it doesn't take lengthy discussion to outline the fact. It involves 9-11. It is sensational enough to arouse curiosity. Sandy once assumed office comparable to Condi Rice. He is connected to both Clintons as well as Kerry. Richard Clarke is being connected to this incident.
This is not comparable to the judicial scandal.
This is huge DESPITE the media or Democrats and they know it.
Another real question is WHO would benefit by bringing this Berger (currently advising JF Kerry) "pant load" to the media a few days before the Demon convention to injure Kerry's team ?
One guess. She's warming up in the bull pen as we speak.
Hey Sandy. Are those documents in your pants or are you just glad to see me?
IIRC, Top Secret Clearance is good for five years, after which it would have to be renewed.
Maybe he has some kind of OCD.
Everybody does it!
Everybody does it!
Did I say "Everybody does it"?
It's nothing! Everybody shoves top secret documents in their underpants.
It was reported on the radio today while I was out that he was going over items for his testimony. Still, if it were important, why didn't he have a pen and paper to write down specific points? That is what I do in my genealogy research. I have notebooks full of "stuff".
So, what day of the week works best for them?
Our local newscaster said Clinton left office 3 1/2 years ago but his staff is still causing scandals.
It's like the Kennedy staff conspiring to table judicial nominations with the NAACP. That isn't as important as discoving the conspiracy by reading someone else's email. Keep this away from Orrin Hatch so they don't get away with it this time.
If anything it adds to the sting. The report is coming out in a few days and this will be in the news for at least that long. If it came out after the report it wouldn't leave as big as a impact. Someone either just out played the commission or someone who knew something about this got a conscience.
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