WASHINGTON – President Clinton (news – web sites)’s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.
Berger’s home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news – web sites) agents armed with warrants. 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.
Berger and his lawyer said Monday night he knowingly removed handwritten notes he had taken from classified anti-terror documents he reviewed at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. He also inadvertently took copies of actual classified documents in a leather portfolio, they said.
Of course the memos inquestion involved the 1998 PDB which gave President Clinton a far more detailed look at the 9/11 plans than Mr. Bush EVER had. So, Berger takes them.
Oh, and he tried to destroy the docs as well, according to the report. Gee. Now why would he do that, do you suppose? Trying to protect the Democrats including the current Presidential Ticket, I wonder?
Hmmm. Well, consider;
Berger is now John Kerry’s chief foreign policy advisor…. Hmmmm…
What do YOU think?
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