was barred from access to classified material for three years
Three years. Then the Hambergler can once again access and steal classified information again.
Remember when we used to execute people for this sort of behavior?
Posted on 12/20/2006 2:12:49 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Former national security adviser Sandy Berger removed classified documents from the National Archives in 2003 and hid them under a construction trailer, the Archives inspector general reported Wednesday. The report was issued more than a year after Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence for removal of the documents.
Inspector General Paul Brachfeld reported that when Berger was confronted by Archives officials about the missing documents, he said it was possible he threw them in his office trash.
The report said that when Archives employees first suspected that Berger _ who had been President Clinton's national security adviser _ was removing classified documents from the Archives in the fall of they failed to notify any law enforcement agency.
Berger, who pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents, was fined $50,000, ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and was barred from access to classified material for three years.
The report said that when Berger was reviewing the classified documents in the Archives building a few blocks from the Capitol, employees saw him bending down and fiddling with something white, which could have been paper, around his ankle.
However, Archives employees did not feel at the time there was enough information to confront someone of Berger's stature, the report said.
Brachfeld reported that on one visit, Berger took a break to go outside without an escort.
"In total, during this visit, he removed four documents ... .
"Mr. Berger said he placed the documents under a trailer in an accessible construction area outside Archives 1 (the main Archives building)."
Berger acknowledged that he later retrieved the documents from the construction area and returned with them to his office.
Berger, with the authorization of former President Clinton, was reviewing National Security Council documents on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, Sudan, and related presidential correspondence. The review was to facilitate Berger's impending testimony before the House and Senate intelligence committees.
Nice timing.
I'm glad I'll be reading FR next week!
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And because of that, what's in the NA from the Toon admin is now worthless.
WTF?..This man is walking free???
Destined to be a star in Hilary's administration.
Yup. And he could get his clearance back.
was barred from access to classified material for three years
Three years. Then the Hambergler can once again access and steal classified information again.
Remember when we used to execute people for this sort of behavior?
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That's okay. After that TV show on ABC recently, we know what was in the documents. It was obvious damning evidence against the Clinton Administration, and their total failure to capture Osama bin Laden and prevent 9-11.
What's gotten into the AP? I'd almost have to assume that they are a legitamate news outlet.
Not only is he walking free...but he was included in on the ISG!!!!
Where's Fitzgerald when you need him?
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So sayeth the Burgler. OTOH, he may have been trying to remove the evidence.
He will probably get his clearance back in time to be in Hillary's Cabinet.
Phooey!
This is after he hid the documents down his pants.
Republicans cannot get it. If Sandy Berger were a republican, he would be mentioned EVERY time a dem is interviewed. But the republicans will act like they are embarrassed to bring this up.
Hey, after all, those documents only relate to terrorism and the security of our citizens. And his behavior was only disgusting and obviously aimed at a cover up that can make us less safe. Let's give him a pass.
There was not one honest ethical person in the Clintoon mafia.
This was no "I forgot I had them excuse."
Nice of the judge, wasn't it?
Always in the back of my mind is, WHYTHEHELL DID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LET THIS POS SKATE? Berger must know enough, to hang someone else. Politics, as usual!
If a military guy did the things Berger did, he would be doing time in Leavenworth.
Bet ya $100 dollars that this was one of the documents he destroyed.
"...and was barred from access to classified material for three years."
Not only is he NOT going to jail for the rest of his life for taking documents that have the same classification as our nuclear secrets (probably to modify them to protect Clinton's legacy), he'll also be able to access classified documents after 3 years?
Stick a fork in America.
Other than Zell Miller there is not one single honorable democrat. Not one!
And really, after the documents had been down there, who'd want 'em back? So, he did us all a favor, you see.
Betcha if I did something like that, as a junior enlisted guy, I'd be in far higher levels of trouble so fast it'd make my head swim.
When I was a child, once I shoplifted a small item from a store, and took it out. But I needed to buy something so I'd have a bag and a receipt in case my parents asked about it, so I hid the item nearby and went back into the store.
When I came out a little later, the item was gone.
The next day when I went into the store, the manager called me over, told me he knew I was stealing stuff, and if I ever showed up again he'd call the police.
I was 10 years old at the time, and apparently my 10-year-old-self was taught a better lesson than Sandy Berger.
You will only hear about this on Rush, Sean, and Brit Hume's "Grapevine".
The AP is conveniently releasing this before Xmas weekend.
Alger Hiss, Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansen, Sandy Berger.
TRAITORS.
Berger is a common thief. He did this intentionally. He should never get a security clearance again. I don't care who he is.
FWIW, I'm more worried about what he put back.
So exactly where in this complex and obviously intentional sequence did he forget he had 'em???
He absolutely is angling for a job in Hillary's administration. Why do you think he wants his security clearance back?
I'm with Rush. He said, it was more worrisome of what Berger 'put in the files than what he took out.'
"I'd almost have to assume that they are a legitamate news outlet."
This is the first evidence I've seen that they are legitimate.
Citizen arrest for treason.
bttt
Crimes with impunity…isn't that what we say about Pootie-Poot ?
How can these documents not be backed up somehow on microfiche or something.
They are going to let him get away with re-writing history and protecting Clinton.
Why didn't he go to jail for something this severe?
"Berger must know enough, to hang someone else. Politics, as usual!"
Fat Sandy Burglar is covered by the Clinton "J. Edgar Hoover"" insurance policy. "Honey, I knew those F.B.I. files would come in handy!"
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