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Trousergate Probe Moves Closer to Clinton
NewsMax.com ^ | Jan. 12, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 01/12/2005 2:08:23 PM PST by rightalien

A grand jury probing the Sandy Berger Trousergate scandal grilled longtime White House consigliere Bruce Lindsey yesterday – a move that could put Lindsey's former boss, Bill Clinton, in the investigative crosshairs.

On Tuesday the New York Post revealed that prosecutors had finally begun probing Berger's removal of top secret documents from the National Archives in preparation for his testimony before the 9/11 Commission last year. But in today's follow-up story reporting Lindsey's interrogation, the paper failed to explain why the Trousergate grand jury has turned to him.

The answer: Lindsey and Berger were involved in preparing Clinton for his own testimony before the 9/11 Commission. In fact, last April 9, both the sticky-fingered aide and the notorious Clinton damage controller accompanied the ex-president to his 9/11 interrogation, according to Time magazine.

The obvious question grand jurors will want answered: Did Clinton, through Lindsey, know that Berger had stolen the top secret docs?

Another question undoubtedly on the minds of prosecutors: Who was Berger contacting when he told guards at the National Archives that he needed privacy to make a few cell phone calls, as reported by the New York Daily News just days after Trousergate broke?

"All I know is what he [Berger] said. He made a public statement," a tight-lipped Lindsey told the Post after testifying under oath yesterday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berger; clintonscandals; conspiracy; impeachedx42; nara; sandyberger; trousergate

1 posted on 01/12/2005 2:08:24 PM PST by rightalien
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To: rightalien

That long lost dream - Clinton in jail, where he belongs - inches closer. Dare I hope that I may see justice done to him before I die?


2 posted on 01/12/2005 2:10:30 PM PST by thoughtomator (Rooting for a Jets-Vikings Superbowl!)
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To: rightalien

If I were either of these two I think I'd make sure my last will and testament is up to date.


3 posted on 01/12/2005 2:11:51 PM PST by drypowder
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To: rightalien

Typical exagerrated headline from Newsmax. Not a credible news source.


4 posted on 01/12/2005 2:12:19 PM PST by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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To: thoughtomator

Don't get your hopes up. Clinton will never see jail. But I'm surprised they are investigating. It seemed like they were willing to sweep the theft of highly-classified documents under the carpet. Good to see I was wrong. Hope its not a whitewash.


5 posted on 01/12/2005 2:13:35 PM PST by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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To: rightalien

....The obvious question .....

The obvious question is will the GJ believe the three when they all tell the same lies?


6 posted on 01/12/2005 2:14:18 PM PST by bert (Don't Panic.....)
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To: Taliesan
Typical exagerrated headline from Newsmax. Not a credible news source.

Sad but true. When I see a Newsmax or WND byline, I rarely even read the story. They tend to be nothing but re-hashed and repackaged discussions of selective excerpts from elsewhere.

MM

7 posted on 01/12/2005 2:15:18 PM PST by MississippiMan (Americans should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.)
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To: rightalien
They can subpoena his cell phone records...
8 posted on 01/12/2005 2:17:28 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: rightalien

Fort Marcy park may have a few visitors.


9 posted on 01/12/2005 2:17:41 PM PST by boomop1
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To: rightalien
i just hope Bush will not feel generous and pardon those b@stards
10 posted on 01/12/2005 2:19:13 PM PST by camas
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To: MississippiMan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318299/posts
JURY PROBES EX-BILL AIDE'S 'SOCKS DOCS'-FOX News has confirmed the grand jury investigation


11 posted on 01/12/2005 2:20:09 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: rightalien
New York Post revealed that prosecutors had finally begun probing Berger's removal of top secret documents

ewwwwwwww...

12 posted on 01/12/2005 2:20:15 PM PST by paltz
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To: rightalien
the wheels of justice in slooooooooow mooootion...
geez at the rate these clowns at Justice are moving the statue of limitations will have run out on burglary! LMAO
13 posted on 01/12/2005 2:21:30 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: rightalien

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175187/posts
Yes, Down My Pants. Oh, Like You Haven't? The Sordid Sandburglar Story
various FR links | 07-20-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy


Posted on 07/20/2004 7:18:45 PM CDT by backhoe

A file of the stories.


14 posted on 01/12/2005 2:23:22 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: thoughtomator

You reminded my of Simeon, who just asked to see the Lord's salvation and die in peace.

Only thing is, if Slick does go to jail, won't you be a little antsy?


15 posted on 01/12/2005 2:27:08 PM PST by JudyinCanada (Five-fingered Canadian)
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To: rightalien

Billy boyze partners from Mena gate will never let him go down....I dont care how many people he kills...rapes...rips off or how many secrets he sells to our enemies...

He has a permenant get out of jail free card....and is untouchable....


16 posted on 01/12/2005 2:27:20 PM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Taliesan
both the sticky-fingered aide and the notorious Clinton damage controller

It's damn embarassing that FR uses Newsmax as a source for ANYTHING, just because they are one of the few who let us cut and paste their articles.

17 posted on 01/12/2005 2:29:24 PM PST by Howlin (I need my Denny Crane!)
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To: MississippiMan
They tend to be nothing but re-hashed and repackaged discussions of selective excerpts from elsewhere.

And they NEVER credit the people they snatched the story from.

18 posted on 01/12/2005 2:30:05 PM PST by Howlin (I need my Denny Crane!)
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To: MississippiMan

You can usually tell a NewsMax article just by the headline, I've found. They're so predictable. Do they consider themselves journalists? Because it seems all they do is put their spin on what someone else has reported.


19 posted on 01/12/2005 2:32:01 PM PST by rage24
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To: rightalien
I suspect that among other things, they wanted to be able to continue to suggest that their brilliance stopped the Milennium bombing.

In fact the record shows that it was a stroke of good work by the border crossing guards who thought the driver of the car coming from Canada into the US was acting in a most suspicious manner.

20 posted on 01/12/2005 2:34:20 PM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: Howlin
By tomorrow, Newsmax will be lifting whole sections of kattracks' thread that we were on anad claiming it as their own reporting.

You are right. Nothing but spin of existing articles. I should set up my own web site and do the same thing.

21 posted on 01/12/2005 2:37:08 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: thoughtomator


22 posted on 01/12/2005 2:38:45 PM PST by Incorrigible (immanentizing the eschaton)
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To: rightalien
Another question undoubtedly on the minds of prosecutors: Who was Berger contacting when he told guards at the National Archives that he needed privacy to make a few cell phone calls, as reported by the New York Daily News just days after Trousergate broke?

All they need are his cell phone records duh.

23 posted on 01/12/2005 2:42:31 PM PST by stockpirate (Check out my homepage and learn about sKerry and his Socialist friends.)
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To: thoughtomator

Nice as it would be to see clinton in jail, it will never happen. I'll be happy if all his associates go to jail, and clinton dies a lonely old man of a cheeseburger overdose.


24 posted on 01/12/2005 3:20:37 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: camas
i just hope Bush will not feel generous and pardon those b@stards

Oh yes, this would happen but this felony will die a natural death. Nobody is/will do any jail time & likely a slap on the wrist at best.

25 posted on 01/12/2005 3:42:17 PM PST by Digger
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To: stockpirate
All they need are his cell phone records duh

So it was the impeached one that Sandy was talking to. Nobody is gonna step on Bubba. Nobody! Take it to the bank(This is why there is NO credibility in D.C.)

26 posted on 01/12/2005 3:46:40 PM PST by Digger
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To: Howlin
They are one of the few abuses of the New Media. If they want to write opinion pieces, then fine, write them. But to write a "news story", the content of which is that Lindsay testified to the Grand Jury, and headline it as "...gets closer to Clinton..." is just plain stupid and every bit as bad an abuse of journalism as we've complained about the Old Media for 40 years.

I suppose we could use them as an example. We could say to CBS: "See Newsmax? That's what we're talking about. Irritating, isn't it? And an insult to your homo sapien readers."

27 posted on 01/13/2005 5:10:23 AM PST by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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To: rightalien

"Trousergate Probe"?!?!?!?!

That headline writer surely has a way with words... LOL ;-P


28 posted on 01/13/2005 5:12:43 AM PST by MortMan (Be careful what you wish for... You might get it!)
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