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| House Report: Sandy Berglar "hurt national security" |
| 2007-01-09 |
| I know others have posted thumbnails of the Samburglar, but for the life of Me, I can't find the file name. A House committee released a report today concluding former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger went to extraordinary lengths to compromise national security and that the Department of Justice could not assure the 9/11 commission that it received the documents it requested. Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his staff's investigation reveals Berger "compromised national security much more than originally disclosed." "It is now also clear that Mr. Berger was willing to go to extraordinary lengths to compromise national security, apparently for his own convenience," Davis said. As WND reported, a newly released investigation report by the National Archives and Records Administration showed President Bill Clinton signed a letter authorizing Berger's access to the classified documents. Last year, Berger plea bargained a criminal sentence on the charge of unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents. A judge gave him no prison time, a $50,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a ban from access to classified material for three years. Davis said the 9/11 commission "relied on incomplete and misleading information regarding its access to documents" Berger reviewed. The commission was never told Berger had access to original documents that he could have taken without detection, Davis stated. "Mr. Berger's review of documents did not conform to the usual requirements for reviewing classified documents in a secure facility and under strict supervision," he said. "The archives staff's failure to contact law enforcement immediately and their contacts with Mr. Berger about the missing documents compromised the law enforcement effort." Davis said the "compromised law enforcement effort contributes to reduced confidence that the 9/11 commission received all the documents it requested. The execution of a search warrant before Mr. Berger knew there was an investigation would have either located additional documents or enhanced confidence that he stole no others than those he admitted to taking," he said. Davis also said the public statements of the former chief of the public integrity section, Noel Hillman, were "incomplete and misleading. Because Mr. Berger had access to original documents that he could have taken without detection, we do not know if anything 'was lost to the public or the process,'" Davis said. The congressman contended the Justice Department's assertion that Berger's statements are credible after being caught is "misplaced." "One wouldn't rely on the fox to be truthful after being nabbed in the hen house," Davis said. "But the Justice Department apparently did." I dunno about foxes, but I'd never trust a Leftist with, well, anything. Davis also referred to revelations last month from the National Archives investigation, which revealed Berger left stolen highly classified documents at a construction site to avoid detection. The document upon which Berger focused was the National Security Council's "Millennium After Action Review" on the Clinton administration's handling of the al-Qaida terror threats in December 1999. Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft testified before the 9-11 commission about the millennium report, urging the panel to ask why the document's warnings and "blueprint" to thwart al-Qaida's plans to target the U.S. were ignored by the Clinton administration and not shared with the incoming Bush security staff. |
| Posted by:Mohammed |
| #6 Sandy didn't just steal and destroy documents, he also took the occasional break during which he chatted on the phone with someone. I seem to recall the chats being described as "heated". I suspect he was telling someone what he had found in the archive and the person he called was telling him what to destroy and what to leave. The Dems are led by traitors and crooks; their attacks against Bush are out of fear he'd expose them. Why he hasn't is a mystery to me. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-01-09 21:18 |
| #5 First, and foremost, Sandy B. is a COWARD, as are most, if not all, Clintonistas. Secondarily, Sandy B. is a TRAITOR to his country. I don't expect most Dems, liberals, or leftists to understand. Because if they did , Sandy would be in prison, and the war in Iraq would have been won long ago. In which case we could move on to other areas in the ME and SE Asia. The reason, the only reason, we have not succeeeded in Iraq to date, can be laid at the feet of the Dems, liberals, and the leftists here in the USA and Europe. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-01-09 20:38 |
| #4 "Good ol'" Sandy visited the archives on multiple occasions... Why Couldn't he get what he wanted in 8 hours? ...upon which he stole single-copy version documents and stashed them under a trailer at a construction site... Dead drop ...retrieving them later and taking them home with him... So he could accurately reproduce them, except for some revisions and edits in his hand-written notes in preparation for substituting them for the originals ...where he cut them up with scissors... What, no shredder? ...and threw the pieces away. Later, he went looking for the trash truck. Really! Somehow, Sandy, I don't see you dumpster-diving in a garbage truck. Speaking as a security professional, I would have removed his skin, slowly. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-09 20:31 |
| #3 "I know others have posted thumbnails of the Samburglar, but for the life of Me, I can't find the file name." Maybe Fred's got a pic of a toad somewhere? That'd do in a pinch... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-01-09 19:58 |
| #2 My first thought was waterboarding until he talks. I like your idea better, though. |
| Posted by: GOPGirl 2007-01-09 19:53 |
| #1 Can he be shot now? He'd make an excellent example to the treasonous left. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2007-01-09 19:49 |