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Posted on 05/17/2007 1:36:45 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Clinton aide forfeits law license in Justice probe
By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES May 17, 2007
Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law.
In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer, Mr. Berger's attorney, the former national security adviser said he pleaded guilty in the Justice Department investigation, accepted the penalties sought by the department and recognized that his law license would be affected.
"I have decided to voluntarily relinquish my license," he said. "While I derived great satisfaction from years of practicing law, I have not done so for 15 years and do not envision returning to the profession. I am very sorry for what I did, and I deeply apologize."
In giving up his license, Mr. Berger avoids being cross-examined by the Board on Bar Counsel, where he risked further disclosure of specific details of his theft. The agreement is expected to be formalized today.
Mr. Berger, national security adviser from 1997 to 2001, was convicted of removing documents from the Archives in 2005 while preparing to testify before the September 11 commission.
Fined $50,000, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and barred from access to classified material for three years, he also was ordered to undergo a polygraph test if asked -- although the Justice Department has declined to administer the test despite urging by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III of Virginia, ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform.
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No news here, its Alberto Gonzalas who is the criminal.
Ought to be able to serve Mrs. Clinton is a couple of years.
Ought to be able to serve Mrs. Clinton (correction) is -should be *in* a couple of years.
Was this also of Bill Clinton before independent counsel? Hmmm...
Huh. Look for the corrupt-to-the-core Bush Justice Department to step in and plead Sandy’s case to the bar while asking that Sandy be spared the need to testify.
I think it’s Lanny Breuer, not Larry.
Berger should still be in a stockade somewhere in ankle chains.
Can someone just make him say WHY he stuffed documents down his pants? Why is this so impossible for us to do?
I would say neither party is really interested in further discussion of the utter incompetence that led to 9/11.
“Can someone just make him say WHY he stuffed documents down his pants? Why is this so impossible for us to do”?
Aren’t criminals who accept plea bargains obligated to tell why they did the crimes? Nothing this moron knows could possibly hurt George Bush. If it could, Berger would have said it years ago.
Big whoop...
Like he’s gonna starve to death or end up on the streets without it.
This whole story stinks and is one of the biggest reasons for my discontent with the Bush administration. Why in the name of Ned wasn’t he hammered?
Opps, yeah... those 500 FBI files the Clintons stole.
Fined $50,000, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and barred from access to classified material for three years, he also was ordered to undergo a polygraph test if asked -- although the Justice Department has declined to administer the test despite urging by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III of Virginia, ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform.
This stinks to high heaven. Berger and Clinton are traitors and should be held responsible for 9-11, especially in light of these charges.
The American people should be demanding justice and a thorough investigation, no matter what democrats it exposes.
I'm pretty pissed off right now.
Liberal Bias? Nah! Couldn't be that.
That wasn’t a “slap on the wrist”. It was a love pat on the fanny.
Didn't see it until it was too late.
I’m about fed up with the whole damned bunch of them. They are all so dirty that they can’t be trusted.
I’ve been fed up for quite a long time. It’s time for America to take out the trash!
Unfortunately, nobody much seems to care :(
It was a beating with a wet noodle.
As long as beer is cheap and women are easy, they don’t care.
Why in the wide world of sports does a guy who hasn’t been in the NSA for four years even have access to this stuff?
Huh? Huh?
Now there's a statement that I can get behind.
GO AHEAD , TEL ME KLINTON /BERGER DON’T HAVE SOMETHING BIG ON BUSH ! They let Berger get away with a major crime. If it was a Republican it would be headline news 24/7 and they would be calling for the death penalty. They HAVE to have something on the administration , why else would they let him slide so so easily?
We may have a Republican president and Republican Congressmen... but card-carrying Democrats work in the office buildings of DC.
“Nothing this moron knows could possibly hurt George Bush”
Oh really ? Why else would Bush look the other way > It doesn’t make sense my friend .
Which ends next year.
“While I derived great satisfaction from years of practicing law, I have not done so for 15 years and do not envision returning to the profession.”
Oh, give me a break! Such a sacrifice. That’s like throwing away your ‘favorite’ pair of pants that you haven’t worn in 15 years because they no longer fit.
This sucks so hard, I can’t stand it.
Well it was at Bill Clintons request that he go to look at the documents in the first place . When he was finished looking at them or should we say shredding them what did Bubba say? Did he ask Berger , ok what did you learn during your review of the papers Sandy ? did Berger call clinton after his visit to the archives ? What does the former Liar in Chief think of his former SECURITY adviser or should we say Chief cover up artist
Only the American Sheeple will suffer. Again. and Again. and Again.
We, the people, have been scammed again.
Give up his law license?? The porky, traitorous SOB should be in a Federal Penitentiary. If he were one of us “Little People”, he would have already been doing time. But he’s a Clinton buddy, AND a big shot, so the law doesn’t apply to him. Disgusting!!!
Why doesn’t the Bush Administration just make Sandy Burglar THEIR new National Security Advisor and be done with it?
They’ve done everything else except kiss the guy’s ass, why not?
Good thing he didn’t forget a conversation he had with a reporter over a Federal investigation of a non-crime.
He would’ve gotten 20 years.
LOL, I was thinking maybe Berger would be put in charge of the National Achieves. Probably though would serve Hillry better at his old job at NSA, he did such a brilliant job before.
Was Sandy required to give a polygraph session to explain himself, but he has never been asked to do it ?
Some believe that Sandy also introduced files to make Bubba look better.
Not just stole the negative ones.
Well he will have a year at least, to catch his reading up before Hillry takes that oath of office. /s/
And let's think this through a bit further: is the any doubt that Berger wouldn't have been on the horn with Bubba once he'd made off with the documents and had them safely at home?
And even more: (Clinton Operative to DoJ executive) "Look, if you can keep Sandy off of that poly, there won't be any need for us to talk about your [teenage pot bust, wife's two abortions, daughter's shoplifting charge, son's homosexuality]. OK? Sound fair?"
I agree with you. This wouldn't have happened without the direct involvement of WJC.
And once again, our fearless Republicans roll over for their masters..................
You or I would be ROTTING in Levenworth for the rest of our days if WE DID THAT.. Two border guards are rotting NOW for less of a crime..
George Bush's Attorney General is bogaurding this thru..
Something stinks..
Gorelick ( and the 9/11 Commission Report Dietrich L. Snell was a Senior Counsel & Team Leader ) were put in charge of disseminate what information got seen by the full Commission.
So the woman who created the Wall which blocked the flow of information, was again put in charge of blocking information to the Commission which was charged with finding out why information got blocked.
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