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Harris of the Washington Post reports that Berger was "well-liked" by "White House and foreign policy reporters." That was demonstrated when the Berger scandal broke. The Post did not play the story on page one. It went back on page two. The New York Times was worse, putting it at the bottom of page 16.

The word "removing" sounds better than "steal" or "theft." Harris, however, claimed that Berger "left the Archives building with copies of documents that were supposed to remain there..." That's a curious formulation. Did they just stick to his clothes? Were they post-it notes that he sat on? Berger says it was inadvertent or accidental. And Clinton said he didn't have sex with that woman.

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However, some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of Al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing, officials and lawyers said. Officials said the missing documents also identified America's terror vulnerabilities at airports to seaports.

Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket, pants and socks, and also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio.

The missing documents involve two or three draft versions of the report as it was being refined by the Clinton administration. The Archives is believed to have copies of some of the missing documents.

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If I'm not mistaken, security regulations require that notes on Top Secret material are to be taken by a security officer, double wrapped, and sent to the person who took the notes. They are not to be stuffed in your jacket, pants, and socks. Since Berger had been dealing with classified documents through much of his career, he must have known this.

" The word "removing" sounds better than "steal" or "theft." Harris, however, claimed that Berger "left the Archives building with copies of documents that were supposed to remain there..."
"However, some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of Al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing, officials and lawyers said. Officials said the missing documents also identified America's terror vulnerabilities at airports to seaports.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket, pants and socks, and also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio.
The missing documents involve two or three draft versions of the report as it was being refined by the Clinton administration. The Archives is believed to have copies of some of the missing documents.br> ................... So first paragraph black bold face, indicates, what one would expect. Only copies from NA can be viewed by anyone.
In paragraph in blue. Clearly what we have read elsewhere as how the Clintoon admininstration tried to cover up stuff by holding off the new administration from moving in while they did there best to remove PC, other things that should have been left in place and shared what they contained with the new Whitehouse staffs etc.. CYA syndrome.
In paragraph in green. Again, Berger removing copies of things from NA, but in addition indicating drafts he was working on that may have well ended up in the NA on a permenant basis, ONCE STERILIZED, but did not end up even getting that far, but perhaps thrown into a shredder.
So the case for the fact that the Berger's removal of things from the NA where limited to copies, not original documentation. And where he was responsible for polishing off a document for entry into the NA, it never ended up being done, due to required CYA. Thanks.