Island Dog Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 WASHINGTON - Sandy Berger, former President Clinton (news - web sites)'s national security adviser, is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department (news - web sites) after highly classified terrorism documents disappeared while he was reviewing what should be turned over to the Sept. 11 commission. Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news - web sites) agents armed with warrants after the former Clinton adviser voluntarily returned some sensitive documents to the National Archives and admitted he also removed handwritten notes he had made while reviewing the sensitive documents. However, some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing, officials and lawyers told The Associated Press. Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket and pants, and also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...id=519&ncid=716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Owch. Did they find anything when they searched his home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 This is a potenially huge bomb for the Democrats. The basic tenet of their "blame" Bush for 9/11 is that Bush recieved all he needed to be prepared and that Cinton had no good reason to take any action. I wonder what was in those papers and I seriously doubt they will ever turn up considering it took Hilalry three years to find a file on her bookshelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 I don't think it's a huge bomb in the essence you're thinking. Supposedly the only things missing are from the '99 millenium attack which was thwarted, so I don't see how there'd be anything worse than say the after-action reports of the successful attacks on the WTC or the USS Cole. However I do think it's a bomb in the essence on what a collosal dumbass you have to be to steal that info, even "inadvertantly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 i think they need to do some more investigating into the Clinton Administration. where do you think the majority the information the Bush Administration got was from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Military Intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 I don't care which side you're on...when someone inadvertantly puts documents down their pants :blink: something weird is going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 I don't care which side you're on...when someone inadvertantly puts documents down their pants :blink: something weird is going on Lol he "knowingly" put the documents in his pants and jacket, he "inadvertantly" put the documents in his portfolio. He's dumb, but not so dumb he mistakingly puts stuff down his pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 Makes you wonder just what was in those documents. I want to hear the chants "What did Clinton know and when did he know it?!" Of course I doubt that mantra will start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I don't care which side you're on...when someone inadvertantly puts documents down their pants :blink: something weird is going on The big question..... Did he download something in his pants? Sorry...had to be said...:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 Lol he "knowingly" put the documents in his pants and jacket, he "inadvertantly" put the documents in his portfolio. He's dumb, but not so dumb he mistakingly puts stuff down his pants. Berger and his lawyer said last night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had made while reading classified anti-terror documents at the archives last summer and fall by sticking the notes in his jacket and pants. seattle timesMr. Berger and his lawyer said last night that he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had made while reading classified anti-terror documents at the archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. the globe and mailhe had taken from classified antiterror documents at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants and in a leather portfolio detroit free press"It is my understanding that Mr. Berger shoved this classified information into his clothing to smuggle them out of the National Archives. Press reports indicate that Archival staff became concerned when documents began to disappear and specifically marked additional documents to track them. A number of those documents also turned up missing." us newswire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket, pants and socks, and also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126249,00.html This story is getting very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted July 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2004 indeed it is AP: Berger Steps Down As Kerry AdviserWASHINGTON (AP) - Former national security adviser Sandy Berger, the subject of a criminal investigation over the disappearance of terrorism documents, stepped aside on Tuesday as an informal adviser to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. "Mr. Berger does not want any issue surrounding the 9/11 commission to be used for partisan purposes. With that in mind he has decided to step aside as an informal adviser to the Kerry campaign until this matter is resolved," said Lanny Breuer, Berger's attorney. The investigation had threatened to become a political problem for Kerry a week before his nominating convention in Boston in which he hopes to persuade voters that he is ready to be commander in chief. The cornerstone of Kerry's argument against Bush is that he used faulty intelligence and poor judgment in waging war against Iraq. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3beanlimit Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 i think they need to do some more investigating into the Clinton Administration.where do you think the majority the information the Bush Administration got was from? Humm.....Let me think......Possibly the CIA and the FBI? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted July 21, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 21, 2004 Too long to really quote I know but the point of my argument is that he did not inadvertantly put stuff down his pants like your post suggested. The only thing he "inadvertantly" took were the stuff he put in his portfolio, and all the other links you posted only further enforce my claim. (of course I find that to be BS as well but I digress, how do you prove that you knwoingly took stuff and shoved them in all sorts of places and then accidently took stuff and put it in a portfolio?) Yeah I stole all those but I never meant to steal the stuff in my folders. Whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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