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Extra: Berger to Plead Guilty to Taking Materials

By MARK SHERMAN (Direct descendent of Karl Marx! - tha malcontent)
Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 1,10:47 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) � Sandy Berger, who was President Clinton's top national security aide, has acknowledged taking classified documents from the National Archives and cutting them up with scissors, law enforcement officials said Friday.

 

(ap) - Clinton and Berger... A Thief and a Liar.  Clinton was found "In Contempt of Court" for "Willfully Lying under Oath", to a Federal Grand Jury and now his "top National Security Aid", according to the AP, ("National Security Advisor", if the AP were not trying to keep you from thinking about Condi in this situation, and the difference in coverage if it were Condi.) has been proven to be a Thief, and a Destroyer of Documents from the National Archives, and a 2-time Liar!... If Berger was Bush (43)'s boy, Dan Rather (D) would have **** himself focusing on this story.  Replace Clinton's name with Bush (43) and Berger's name with Condi Rice, and imagine how this story would have been covered as you read it!  Keep this in mind, Berger was working for the Kerry Campaign as a top Advisor at the time he stole these Documents.  You would think that would play a major role in this AP story, wouldn't ya? - tha malcontent)

Rather than the "honest mistake" he acknowledged last summer, Berger told Justice Department lawyers he intentionally took and deliberately destroyed three copies of the same document dealing with terror threats during the 2000 millennium celebration, said the officials. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because Berger's plea had not yet been accepted by a judge.

 

(Berger Lies about what he did, while the "Free Press" regurgitates the DNC line about "the timing of this probe"... Classic cheerleading for the DemocRATS on the part of the "Free Press", as usual!  If it were Condi being probed, the "Free Press" wouldn't give a drop of ink to claims of "timing"! - tha malcontent)

A U.S. District Court hearing was scheduled for Friday afternoon, at which time Berger was expected to enter a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge.

 

(I guess if I was to be entirely Honest, I would have to question Bush (43)'s Justice Department on why this is not being treated as the more Serious issue that it is... You know Clinton's Justice would have gone at Condi with both barrels! - tha malcontent)

The court appearance was the culmination of a bizarre episode in which the man who once had access to the government's most sensitive intelligence was accused of sneaking documents out of the Archives, which houses the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other cherished and top-secret documents.

 

(The AP's PATHETIC take on the former National Security Advisor under Clinton stealing Documents from the National Archives pertaining to the 9/11 Commission's Investigation, destroys them, and then Lies about it: "A Bizarre Episode"... Classic! - tha malcontent)

The charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine.

 

("Retention"?... He "DESTROYED" them!  This one is making less and less sense to me!  I am going to consider contacting some people in my Party as to why Berger is being let off with a slap on the wrist. - tha malcontent)

However, the plea agreement calls for Berger to serve no jail time but to pay a $10,000 fine, surrender his security clearance for three years and cooperate with investigators, the officials said. Berger also was required to acknowledge that taking the documents was not inadvertent, they said.

Security clearance allows access to classified government materials.

The Bush administration disclosed the investigation in July, just days before the Sept. 11 commission issued its final report. Democrats claimed the White House was using Berger to deflect attention from the harsh findings, with their potential for damaging President Bush's re-election prospects.

 

(A Classic attempt to blame the Cops for the Criminals Crime!  The AP should disclose it's Bias, and there should be a Law requiring them to do so!  This is sick! - tha malcontent)

After news of the probe surfaced, Berger acknowledged he left the National Archives on two occasions in 2003 with copies of documents about the government's anti-terror efforts and notes that he took on those documents.

He said he was reviewing the materials to help determine which Clinton administration documents to provide to the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He called the episode "an honest mistake" and denied criminal wrongdoing.

 

(And the AP, and Dan Rather (D) and the rest were more than happy with that conclusion.  They were quickly back to finding out just what an terrible person Bush (43) was back in the ANG back during Vietnam!  That reminds me, Dan Rather (D) had a "Document" issue of his own regarding that, if my memory serves me!  And that included another Kerry Advisor, Joe Lockhardt... A pattern? - tha malcontent)

Berger and his lawyer, Lanny Breuer, have said Berger knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket and pants and inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio.

He returned two of the five copies of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration.

 

(How do we know it was five copies, and how do we know what they were?  He has already been caught Lying about the entire incident twice! - tha malcontent)

"Mr. Berger has cooperated fully with the Department of Justice and is pleased that a resolution appears very near," Breuer said Thursday.

The Associated Press first reported in July that the Justice Department was investigating Berger for incidents at the Archives the previous fall. The disclosure prompted Berger to step down as an adviser to the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

 

(Can you imagine the reverse of this story regarding Political Parties, and there not being calls for Bush (43)'s Impeachment by the AP? - tha malcontent)

Clinton was among Democrats who questioned the timing of the disclosure of the Berger probe, three days before the release of the final Sept. 11 commission report. The commission, writing three months before the 2004 presidential election, detailed failures of both the Clinton and Bush administrations.

 

(Clinton was among DemocRATS, including the Associated Press, who question the timing...", it should read! - tha malcontent)

Leaders of the Sept. 11 commission said they were able to get every key document needed to complete their report.

 

(They can't possibly know that.  Documents were admittedly DESTROYED by Clinton's former NSA, and top Kerry Advisor!  This is insanity!  I am sure the most disgusting in the "Free Press" will use the Pope's passing as an excuse to let this story fade away with barely a glance.... Terrible. - tha malcontent)
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