You are falling for Democrat spin.
Each "copy" was a unique document in that they had all been circulated for review and comment and each had it's own collection of comments attached.
It looks like it was the comments that Berger was stripping away because someone had appended something damaging to the docs.
Suppose for instance, clintion had written on there "we need to do more about airports, we don't want another Jumbo jet brought down off Long Island with a Stinger missile"
that sort of comment would have been devastating once the 9/11 commision got hold of it.
It Appears Berger was going through all versions of the document removing incriminating attachments such as post-its and stealing entire documents where there was something written in the margin that he didn't like.
So what was left was sanitized versions of a report. The incriminating stuff was all stripped away.
"So what was left was sanitized versions of a report. The incriminating stuff was all stripped away."
This you miss-posted to me... but I don't think he had the originals of anything, including drafts or postits.
My best guess is that he wanted to have copies of the originals including margin notes and postits so he ( the DNC ) could spin anything that came out of it. The original writer of the margin notes and postits would not necessarily have a copy of it.
Exactly correct about each copy having potentially distinct and damaging information. I mean there was probably one copy on which Clinton marked "can't be botherted with this Bin Laden guy--having too much fun with my own Osama Mama. Or another where Hillary indicated that there was nothing to be gained politically by taking action. Or one where Berger indicated he had "lost" the Sudan's offer somewhere on his desk and would just let it slide, etc.
"Each "copy" was a unique document in that they had all been circulated for review and comment and each had it's own collection of comments attached."
Do we know this as fact ?
A "copy" with a handwriten note or a postit would be an original of the note or postit, it appears to me...
I could imagine security being lax if all he had access to were copies of everything, he had clearance to read them anyway and distributing them would be against other laws.
I can't see any reason for anyone to be allowed access to any originals - I would be very interested for some insight by someone who truely knows the procedures.