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| WND: Berger told monitors to break archive rules |
| 2004-07-24 |
| EFL: I detect sloppiness in his actions but not the sloppiness that he is portraying in his public statements/appologies. Archive monitors assigned to watch Sandy Berger review top-secret documents allowed the former national security adviser to break the rules and be left alone, the New York Daily News reported. Berger, the target of a federal investigation for allegedly smuggling secret files out of the National Archives, persuaded the monitors to leave him alone in the high-security room by saying he had to make sensitive phone calls, a senior law enforcement source told the paper. "He was supposed to be monitored at all times but kept asking the monitor to leave so he could make private calls," the official said. The sources said Berger stepped out of the room as he looked over the documents and allegedly stashed some in his clothing. The archive monitors told the FBI Berger was observed stuffing his socks with handwritten notes about files that were to be given to the 9-11 Commission. Notes about the secret files cannot be taken out without special permission. The monitors also observed frequent bathroom breaks that aroused their suspicion. The New York paper noted it is standard procedure to constantly monitor anyone with a security clearance who examines the type of code-word classified files stored in the underground archives vault. He was acting almost like he was guilty of something. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #4 Old Polish Saying: "Never Attribute To Malice What Can Be Adequately Explained By Stupidity." I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that Berger did this on his own because he knew what was coming. Take a look at the way he thought and acted while he was NSA - I'm almost willing to believe that he never even considered the possibility that copies existed of what he was stealing... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-07-24 3:19:15 PM |
| #3 As someone on a differ site asked,WHO was Berger calling,and did that someone ask/tell him to remove documents? Can't say anything about what was discussed, but it's probably not going to be difficult to find out WHO was called, if Berger indeed made a call to someone. And out of curiosity, isn't cell phone use not allowed when dealing with classified document viewing/review? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-24 2:37:56 PM |
| #2 As someone on a differ site asked,WHO was Berger calling,and did that someone ask/tell him to remove documents?If so we can add conspiracy to other crimes Berger committed.By his own admission,he has destroyed classified documents,interfered w/Federal investigation(9/11 Commission)in addition to violating security rules.I wonder if Berger is willing to spend a couple years in Fed.prison?Contempt of Congress could land him there. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-07-24 2:20:50 PM |
| #1 Berger tells the monitors to break the rules and look the other way. And it appears the mainstream media is ok with this. Someone in the chain of command does the same thing in dealing with a small percentage of prisoners in Iraq and heads are called for. Another, we demand more of others than we expect of our own kind. How about several weeks of isolated pretrial confinement for Sandy like Wen Ho Lee? Nah, not going to happen to one of their 'Good o'Boys'. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-07-24 1:19:55 PM |