Things that make you go hmmm....
So why didn't they call the DC police?
They take us for fools don't they?
The spin, including from Dan Rathernot, and Katie the Cutie that the timing of the release of this information is the crime is beyond reprehensible. There is EVIL among us.
They need to put hidden cameras in all National Archive reading rooms, after this debacle.
if nothing else, it certainly knocks kerry off the top of the news . . . HEY, now that I think about it, that's probably good for him. everytime he opens his mouth, he drops three points in the polls.
Daschle To Demand Probe of Berger Missing Documents
Brokaw asks Kerry if he knew about the investigation of Berger, and twice Kerry says he had no clue. Did you know? No clue. Berger didn't tell you? No clue.
It must be very hard for Kerry to proclaim himself clueless on anything. Makes you wonder if the alternative was just too horrible and too risky.
I think he knew and he benefitted from Berger's paper shuffling. Otherwise there'd be no need to distance himself so thoroughly, to claim ignorance of the sort of thing he couldn't possibly have been ignorant about.
With all of the expanded powers put in place by the Patriot Act the FBI must have put taps on Berger's phones, computers, etc.
....A government official with knowledge of the investigation said Archives employees took action promptly after noticing a missing document in September. This official said an Archives employee called former White House deputy counsel Bruce Lindsey, who is former president Bill Clinton's liaison to the National Archives. The Archives employee said documents were missing and would have to be returned....
I wonder what the written procedure is for employees when documents are found to be missing, I doubt it involves contacting the person and asking for them back...Would they do the same for you me or any Republican?
As important and potentially damning as this story is to the Clintonistas, I will almost guarantee that the Dems will close ranks on this, and the story will sputter out like the end of one of Billy Jeff's cigardildos.
The media will cover for Berger the Burglar, and the handwritten notes on the Millenium Memo will go the way of Hillary's Rose Law firm billing records.
No one cares except those who care about the future of our Republic. This effectively precludes all Democrats and their whorehounds in the media....
Man alive, these guys and gals had to have REAL non-gender-specific reproductive organs of brass to set this up. Can you imagine the possible damage to career, not to mention the risk of arkancide, that these people are taking?
These people are real heroes, in my book. I doubt any of them are even conservative - but in my mind, they are still patriots. Their job was to protect those documents, and they did their job. But archivists against the most powerful figures in politics? They need protection, and support for what may lie ahead for them...
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Ten and a half years ago just before Sean Maloney was to depart for Little Rock Arkansas, to serve as deputy director of advance scheduling for Bill Clinton’s ’92 presidential campaign, he decided to go clubbing. In an inspired moment of fate, he met his partner Randy Florke on the dance floor of the New York nightclub Roxy. At the time, Randy was working for an interior decorator and architect in upstate New York, building a real estate and design career. Their story, and the way they brought light into the live of three children who needed a family, is a testament to perseverance and dedication and offers living proof that gay men make incredible parents.
What a typical democrat elitist statement. No acknowledgment of the fact that Berger ruined his own reputation by his own actions - but points blame at Republicans because they "dare" to mention it in public.
What idiots would want to vote for such people that consider themselves above the law. The law is deemed only for the little people (that vote) and all conservatives - not the leadership of the democrat party. So - they are a bunch of crooks - pure and simple and definitely unworthy of being handed our country to lead.
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Sounds like our MAD and LOONIE ex-VP AL GORE after all that iced tea (I was out of the room.).
If the staff saw him stealing papers, why didn't they stop him? That is a good question that was asked on O'Reilly last night.
It will soon become a very common question from the Dem attack machine, so we'd better come up with a good answer.
Mark for later...
Policy and procedure question:
Is it the norm [for NARA] to call an attorney first when something is missing? Why would they not call Berger? Bruce Lindsey may be the Clinton point man, but Berger took the documents, not bubba.
"....They devised a coding system and marked the documents they knew Berger was interested in canvassing, and watched him carefully...."
A coding system takes a little planning. Call a spade a spade. It was a sting operation. Would this have been done on their own initative or at the behest of the FBI?
Previous reports had him reviewing the docs for the Clinton administration to prepare for testimony before the commission. This article states Berger was reviewing docs for the Bush administration to determine what should be declassified for the 9/11 panel. If that was the case, why would they not call White House Counsel instead of Bruce Lindsey? Any significance?
I am somewhat surprised to find this article in the Washington Post. No apologies, no excuses, no "much ado about nothing" spin. Does this mean the story really does have legs?
Lastly, is Berger one to "fall on his sword" for anyone? If, as has been reported he is cooperating, does anyone have an educated guess as to whether or not he is naming names?
Has the DOJ issued an indictment yet? No!
How much time has elapsed since Berger is allegedly to have stolen classified materials? 9, nearly 10 months!
It is pathetic that the law has to be enforced by the media and congressional committees and not the DOJ as intended?