Ex-Adviser to Clinton to Plead
Guilty to Taking Documents
(Sandy Berger)Excerpt:WASHINGTON, March 31 - Samuel R. Berger, the former national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge and give up his security clearance for three years after removing classified material from a government archive, the Justice Department and associates of Mr. Berger said today.
A well-respected figure in foreign policy circles for many years, Mr. Berger has also agreed to pay a $10,000 fine as part of an agreement reached with the Justice Department in recent days after months of quiet negotiations, the associates said.
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I thought the Bergler was just sloppy. You know, we all stick highly classified documents down our socks to remember them and then carelessly forget them. I have. And you have, too of course, right?
I had a VRWC decrypt message in my sock just the other day. I forgot about it. I mean, we tote so many around. Oh yeah. Everyone forget I wrote that. Mum's the word. You can count on me....