Posted on 10/09/2005 11:40:21 AM PDT by beyond the sea
Ex-president Bill Clinton has dispatched convicted national security document thief Sandy Berger to rebut bombshell charges from former FBI Director Louis Freeh set to air on CBS's "60 Minutes" tonight.
The Washington Post reports that producers came under "strong pressure from former president Bill Clinton's advisers" to allow Berger to respond to Freeh's claim that Clinton shook down Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah for a contribution to his presidential library after promising to go soft on the Khobar Towers bombing probe.
In a statement to be read on-air after Freeh details his allegations, Berger claims he was at the meeting and then insists: "The president strongly raised the need for Saudi officials to cooperate with us on the investigation into the attack on Khobar Towers at the time when the FBI was attempting to gain access to the suspects. The president did not raise in any fashion the issue of his library."
In April, Berger pled guilty to stealing and destroying top secret national security documents from the National Archives while helping Mr. Clinton prepare for his testimony before the 9/11 Commission.
He also admitted that he lied last year when he first called the crime "an honest mistake."
He was sentenced on Sept. 8 to two years probation and fined $50,000.
Just two days later, however - Berger was in legal hot water again, after Virginia highway cops clocked him doing 88-miles-per-hour in a 55-mile zone.
He was charged with reckless driving: a Class 1 misdemeanor in Virginia that carries a penalty of up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine.
Appearing in court this past Wednesday, Berger was warned by U.S. District Magistrate Deborah Robinson that his sentence in the theft case could also be expanded because he had violated the terms of his probation.
Perhaps realizing that Berger's checkered past impaired his credibility as a character witness for Mr. Clinton, Clinton spokesman Jay Carson told CBS that he has accounts from five other former officials who received briefings on the Clinton-Abdullah meeting and who back Mr. Clinton's denial.
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Continuing to do the Duty!
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LOL. Very rich indeed.
That picture of 'The Four Fools' is great!
At least SeeBS is consistent.
How appropriate.
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1992-2000: The Dirt Years
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Great stuff. Danke.
Right on! Almost as sick as electing a Wide Load Socialist for president who was named Hillary ............... named after an obscure bee-keeper in New Zealand.
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Bring out Janet Reno to preside over Fire Prevention Week.
During the Clinton Administration, the situation was similar. The Saudi government donated $24 million to Arkansas University, which was close to the presidents heart. The Saudis also acquired Boeing aircraft in the billions of dollars, and assisted his administration in a number of initiatives of his in the Middle East.
According to Bob Barr, formerly a senior operations person in the CIA, the CIA was asked during that time not to conduct any dangerous intelligence gathering operations in Saudi Arabia, and in effect became almost completely blind to what was taking place among the royal family.
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