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Posted on 10/08/2007 7:04:28 AM PDT by Roberts
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified terrorism documents from the National Archives, destroyed them and lied to investigators, is now an adviser to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. Berger, who was fired from John Kerrys presidential campaign when the scandal broke in 2004, has assumed a similar role in Clintons campaign, even though his security clearance has been suspended until September 2008. This is raising eyebrows even among Clintons admirers.
It shows poor judgment and a lack of regard for Bergers serious misdeeds, said law professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University, who nonetheless called Clinton by far the most impressive candidate in the Democratic field.
Adler told The Examiner that it is simply incomprehensible to me that a serious contender for the presidency would rely upon him as a key foreign policy advisor.
He added: If Senator Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, at some point she will begin to receive national security briefings that will include sensitive information. At such a point, continuing to keep Berger on board as a key advisor, where he might have access to sensitive material, would be beyond incomprehensible.
The Clinton campaign declined to comment.
Berger has admitted stealing documents from the National Archives in advance of the 9/11 Commission hearings in 2003. The documents, written by White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, were a tough review of the Clinton administrations shortcomings in dealing with terrorism, Clarkes lawyer told the Washington Post.
On several occasions, Berger stuffed highly classified documents into his pants and socks before spiriting them out of the Archives building in Washington, according to investigators. On one occasion, upon reaching the street, he hid documents under a construction trailer after checking the windows of the Archives and Justice Department buildings to make sure he was not being watched.
Berger came back later and retrieved the documents, taking them home and cutting them up with scissors. Two days later, he was informed by Archive employees that his removal of documents had been detected.
Berger panicked because he realized he was caught, said a report by the National Archives inspector general, which also recounted his initial reaction. Berger lied.
Berger also lied to the public, telling reporters he made an honest mistake by inadvertently taking the documents, which he blamed on his own sloppiness. Bill Clinton vouched for the explanation for Berger, who served as his national security adviser.
Berger later conceded: I was giving a benign explanation for what was not benign.
The Justice Department initially said Berger stole only copies of classified documents and not originals. But the House Government Reform Committee later revealed that an unsupervised Berger had been given access to classified files of original, uncopied, uninventoried documents on terrorism. Several Archives officials acknowledged that Berger could have stolen any number of items and they would never know what, if any, original documents were missing.
At his sentencing in September 2005, Berger was fined $50,000, placed on probation for two years and stripped of his security clearance for three years.
Thank you very much...thank you very much...
(Said in Elvis voice...)
Wanted to add that even the freaks at DU are wondering why she thinks she can get away with hiring Berger
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3589290
Mccoys, not yardbirds
Exactly, Berger knows where the bodies are buried. The sheer arrogence of the Clintonistas is amazing!
Yet there is no reaction from the MSM.
Could you imagine what the MSM would be doing now if a R candidate hired Scooter Libby? (only mentioning Libby because he is the Progressive’s symbol for ‘corruption’ not mine)
There is no such thing as ‘double standard’ when you have no standards to begin with!
OT, did you see this:
HAMAS in the House
By Patrick Poole
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, October 08, 2007
The Ohio State Capitol in Columbus will be the setting for a curious convocation later this month when it hosts an event featuring several well-known Islamic extremists as part of an interfaith conference entitled, The Many Faces of Islam. The conference, which is to be held in the atrium of the Statehouse on Sunday, October 28th, will feature two well-known speakers with multiple connections to the HAMAS international terrorist organization, a host of convicted terrorist leaders, and colleagues who fled the US to avoid prosecution on terrorism-related charges. The event is sponsored by the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio.
One of the featured speakers at the conference will be Anisa Abd El Fattah, the chair of the National Association of Muslim American Women based in Columbus. Fattah is best known for co-authoring two books with current HAMAS spokesman Ahmed Yousef, The Agent: The Truth Behind the Anti-Muslim Campaign in America and Al-Aqsa Intifada. Yousef fled the US in 2005 to avoid prosecution in the Fawaz Damra terrorist support trial and reappeared in Gaza as the official spokesman for HAMAS, a position he still holds. One recent report in Asharq Alawsat described Fattahs co-author Yousef as The Smiling Face of HAMAS. President Clinton identified HAMAS as a Specially Designated Terrorist Organization in a January 1995 executive order.
Both Yousef and Fattah worked together at the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR), where Fattah served respectively as both president and director of public affairs. Yousef and Fattah also co-edited the UASRs quarterly publication, the Middle East Affairs Journal. As UASR director of public affairs, Fattah issued a press statement in March 2004 condemning the assassination of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yassin and saying that Yassin, who had ordered numerous suicide bombings targeting civilians and was responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent men, women and children, was a man of peace.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2FF54039-1EB7-40E8-8C99-7BF82DAE23F9
Great tune but I don’t think it was the Yardbirds....a little too bubble-gum.
Isn’t the Zogby Poll owner an Arab Muslim?
It was the McCoys, not the Yardbirds. Still a cool tune.
Obviously Adler is a naive fool or a co-conspirator (could be).
That is the whole reason she keeps him. He is her clean-up man who makes certain embarrassing pieces of paper go away.
Miss Hitlery has NPD?
She doesn’t think she can get away with it, she WILL get away with it. Who’s going to challenge her? Certainly not the spineless Republicans. There will be no response from her campaign.
“Do you regard Mr Berger as being responsible enough to be entrusted with national security documents given his conviction for mishandling such documents in 2005?”
Bill Sammon just mentioned on Fox News that Sandy is on the short list for SOS if Hillary wins.
Mabye Hillary will resurrect “Shakes” Reno and incinerate a few more innocent children(?))
Wouldn’t it be great to get to ask her those questions! :)
This was predicable. Berger got off so lightly that you just knew he’d be back working for the Clinton’s. Contrast this with Scooter Libby who I am sure will never be allowed to hold a postion with the federal government ever again.
Berger is the absolute master of a vital skill that will be indespensable to the Hillary campaign. Every other candidate, whether R or D, will have to double their security staff for protection.
Good
This was discussed here on FR a few weeks ago
What else could Hilliary do? Arkancide is put on hold while she's running for president.
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