[Carry_Okie]

This morning ABC was still running the Berger story and even announcing teasers. Frankly I was surprised, figuring they would bury it. Then I heard the story. Here is the media spin I caught this morning from Jim Hickey of ABC:

It's all OK because there were backup copies.

As NSA chief, Berger knew that there were backup copies, so that's what made it OK for him to take them.

Now I know that the reason for the emphasis on Berger's story this morning is to plant the supposedly "exculpatory" story about the backup copies. Now they can bury it.

[Jalapeno]

As NSA chief, Berger knew that there were backup copies, so that's what made it OK for him to take them.

Well, as a US citizen, I know they have copies of the Declaration of Independance, so I will just march up to the National Archives and take an original for myself.

[fuzzthatwuz]

If any "common man" did what Berger admits, he would be buried so deep that sunlight would have to be pumped in.

[Mr Rogers]

I was, as part of my job, reviewing classified documents earlier today.

I can imagine what would happen if I made copies, took the copies out, and then told military investigators, "But I left the originals!"

[tubebender]

Someone on another thread said some of the files were "Originals". I have no doubt that Hamberger was sent by a Clinton to "secure" some incriminating files. I just don't know which Clinton...

[LTCJ]

As NSA chief, Berger knew that there were backup copies, so that's what made it OK for him to take them.

As NSA chief, Berger knows that every page of every copy of a classified document is numbered, marked, and the document logged as an individual document in its own right, and knows D*MM*D well is is NOT alright to take them. AND that is a FACT.

[tbpiper]

Chuck Colson went to prision for illegally handling one FBI file. The rules are known to everyone dealing with classified materials. Berger needs to go to prision.

[Grampa Dave]

"It's all OK because there were backup copies.

"As NSC advisor, Berger knew that there were backup copies, so that's what made it OK for him to take them."

As a NSC advisor, Berger, also knew that if anyone with a clearance to see what he took, put them in our pants and got caught, we would have gone to jail for a long time. Copies carry the same security clearances/restrictions as the original documents.

Also, Berger was not the NSA chief, they probably wouldn't have let him on the parking lot that they don't have.