Posted on 07/23/2004 7:03:54 PM PDT by GailA
Will Justice Indict Berger? Posted Jul 23, 2004
If a bank teller walked out of the vault with a few hundred dollars stuffed in his pants, took the money home, and kept it until the authorities came looking for it, would you believe him if he said it was an accident?
Of course not.
Would you be surprised if the authorities discovered the teller no longer had all the money he took--and that he claimed he "accidentally discarded" some of it?
Of course not. That is the sort of far-fetched story you would expect from a thief.
And that is also why Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger could soon face a day in court.
Berger, to be sure, is no bank teller. He was National Security Adviser to President Clinton throughout Clinton's second term. In that position, he was routinely entrusted with this nation's most highly classified national security information, and was expected to use it to devise policies for keeping the United States safe from foreign enemies. But, today, Berger is looking and acting exactly like a desperate thief caught in a desperate act.
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Well you got me there. It was sloppy on the Reading Room staff side of things. Intimidation by Berger is the only explanation and that is not an acceptable excuse.
My reference to "high standards" is based on my own experience handling classified material and observing over many years the care and attention that your Average Joe Aerospace Worker gives to "doing it right" when it comes to the handling of classified information. In a classified environment, the handling of classified documents was and I believe remains the real "Job One". The Security Officers that I knew were hard working and dedicated to the protection of U.S. Government secrets.
I will stand by my position. If Berger walks the damage to this system will exceed the greatest expectations of our enemies, both domestic and foreign.
Which means nothing since it was being investigated silently for months before Berger leaked the story. All the Berger cards, along with Wilson, are not in the Dems or media hands. The only trick Berger could apparently come up with is leaking the story. All he got out of that was a good laugh out of his old boss, some tired has beens attesting to his fine character and steely silence from the current government.
Join Noreiga in a Florida Prison : )
Justice would indict me or you, but not Burger.
I agree with you that Berger leaked the story - but he did it for a reason - to help off-set any possible down the road indictment - This case instantly became 100 times harder for any prosecutor to bring charges now -
Because the media have played their hand - which is they will call this a political witch hunt (we all have been told for 48 straight hours that Berger is an amazing, wonderful man and every person in this Country should be on their knees thanking him for all the good he has done) -
The media have fired a warning shot to any would-be prosecutor - "you will be made the next Ken Starr if you take this further" - (no way this happens considering we only have 90 days until an election - nope, media won't allow it) (IMO).
So how many think that ham Berger's buns are toast?
A lot of attention is going to taking stuff. A lot of attention is going to stuff being "lost".
What did he do with the stuff after he took it? Did he ignore that he had it? If so, this is a separate case of incompetence or negligence. Plus, how did he lose stuff if he didn't know he had it?
If he didn't ignore it, then he knew he had it and didn't return it. Plus, he's lying when he says he gave it back as soon as he was asked.
Did they indict Bill Clinton? There's your answer. Some of us are above the law.
Is Berger King?
Berger-Gate he got docs in the sox. Get Him!
BUMPING
I see it as the guy is caught as clear as can be & has confessed. Now if Ashcroft does not go all out here then WHY would you vote for this administration? In fact why would you vote for this administration or the Rats when they both put an ILLEGAL in higher status than an Anerican.
It's amazing how some people will speak with absolute rock-solid certainty about "facts" they make up out of thin air and tin foil. Once they do, there's no talking them out of it, either. Berger produced the location of W's pay records...hah! Such nonsense. Not all the dolts are on the Dem side.
If you're right, and Berger must be held to account, why do you suppose the investigation is taking so long? (BTW, I believe we have a two-tier system of law: one made for ordinary people and Republican politicians. And another for high-level Democrats, who are above the law and above mainstream media scrutiny.)
The only thing muawiyah has there is too time on his or her hands (and too much tin foil).
Come on....he WILL be indicted...AND he will PLEA.
Good point. There is NO way Burglar is going to skate.
More people know who Martha Stewart is than Sandy Berger. He isn't Clinton, this isn't about sex or some complicated real estate deal or employees at a travel office. There is no multiplying investigation fatigue setting in making him a sympathetic character. And he hasn't pulled some kind of political hit on the Bush administration that would make any action look like retaliation.
In other words, while his old boss is laughing, Berger has nothing to protect him when it comes to public sentiment. I think the only PR danger the Bush administration faces now, particularly since the September 11th report is out, is if they don't do anything (if the facts are as we know them).
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