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Davis to Investigate Berger Allegations
Washington, Jul 21 -
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) announced today that the Committee intends to investigate allegations that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, in preparation for 9-11 Commission hearings, took highly sensitive terrorism documents from a secure reading room at the National Archives.
The Government Reform Committee, which has jurisdiction over the National Archives, is the primary investigative committee in the House of Representatives.
“These allegations are deeply troubling, and it’s our constitutional responsibility to find out what happened and why,” Davis said. “It boggles the mind to imagine how a former national security advisor walked off with this kind of material in his pants, or wherever on his body he carried it. At best, we’re looking at tremendously irresponsible handling of highly classified information – some of which, I understand, has not yet been located.
“At worst, his actions suggest an intentional effort to keep critical information away from the Commission and the American public. We are now left wondering whether the Commission, set to release its report tomorrow, had access to all of the information it needed to fully do its job. The American people’s faith in our review of 9-11, in our war on terror, in our transparency, is literally at stake in this investigation. It is my hope that Mr. Berger cooperates fully with the Justice Department as its investigation proceeds. Meanwhile, as we continue to afford him the presumption of innocence he deserves, we will fulfill our duty to the American people to get to the bottom of this disturbing breach of trust and protocol.”
Good find. Now, someone should check Lexis Nexis and find out if the Kerry campaign -ever- tried to blame Bush for a lack of translators.
Qwinn
The Berger affair aside, there is still a critical shortage of translators of the languages needed to do the work that needs to be done.
The 'Rats were brilliant in leaking the Bergler story just in advance of their convention, as it has entirely pushed Bergler out of the headlines.
Un f'believable.
FBI: Jews need not apply for Arabic linguist jobs - Thread 1
FBI: Jews need not apply for Arabic linguist jobs - Thread 2
The media are being misled by both parties....Beger was not sanitizing the AAR but all details too the downing of TWA 800.
So they'd rather have Arab jihadi sympathizers & spies in the FBI than possible Israeli spies?