February 21, 2007

Berger Coverage Sighting!

WaPo, A13.

Compare Berger, with the severity of his theft, document shredding & chicanery, to the Libby "crime" (on A4) of having a possible conversation with someone on not-outing a non-covert CIA agent.

The mind reels.

Posted by: Good Lt. at 08:14 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 My mind no longer reels.  The MSM is the Democrat party mouthpiece.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 21, 2007 10:54 AM (8e/V4)

2 Good Lt: proper medication will prevent those troubling episodes, see your doctor for a change in dosages and good luck in the future we are all hoping for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: JOHN RYAN at February 21, 2007 12:53 PM (TcoRJ)

3 Berger was convicted of a misdemeanor. His sentencing judge, a 1998 Republican appointee, gave him a sentence MORE than the prosecutor, also a Republican appointee was recommending.
The Wall Street Journal referred to the "urban myth" regarding the severity of his crime(s). Apparantly the Good Lt wishes to try to continue spreading this "urban myth".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Berger

Posted by: JOHN RYAN at February 21, 2007 01:10 PM (TcoRJ)

4 From the article you didn't read:

Brachfeld said he was worried that during four visits in 2002 and
2003, Berger had the opportunity to remove more than the five documents
he admitted taking. Brachfeld wanted the Justice Department to notify
officials of the 9/11 Commission that Berger's actions -- in
combination with a bungled Archives response -- might have obstructed
the commission's review of Clinton's terrorism policies.

The
Justice Department spurned the advice, and some of Brachfeld's
colleagues at the Archives greeted his warnings with accusations of
disloyalty. But more than three years later, as Brachfeld and House
lawmakers have pushed new details about Berger's actions onto the
public record -- such as Berger's use of a construction site near the
Archives to temporarily hide some of the classified documents --
Brachfeld's contentions have attracted fresh support.




Posted by: Good Lt at February 21, 2007 01:23 PM (D0TMh)

5 I would have given the bastard life without vaseline.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 21, 2007 01:52 PM (smCdV)

6 The "authoritative" wikipedia information aside, at the time it was repeatedly proclaimed that Berger had only had access to "copies" of documents and nothing was missing. We know now that he was using documents which had not even been catalogued yet, and we will never know what, if anything, he stole/destroyed to keep it out of the historical record. I think the point is: the media treating as such a small matter the intentional and criminal removal of historical documents which are government property through the abuse and violation of one's national security clearance, while making such a big deal over the non-crime involved in naming Valerie Plame. Very early on the special prosecutor knew Armitage had named her and that no crime had been committed in doing so. He then spent YEARS and millions of dollars investigating a crime that never happened.
 
Whether he copped a plea to a misdemeanor or not, Berger did what he did intentionally - sorry, I don't buy the claim that he absent-mindedly stuffed documents in his socks! - while Libby may have been lying under oath or may simply have as bad a memory as Russert and everybody else who testified and couldn't remember what they had for lunch. In either event, who Scooter says told him the name, and when, is certainly of small moment compared to the brazen pilfering of national government records by a former governement official exploiting his security clearance. Which makes the disparity in media coverage a little tough to reconcile.

Posted by: geobandy at February 21, 2007 02:00 PM (JZz6U)

7 John Lyin,

for politics, wikipedia isn't worth a square of used toilet paper, you know that.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 21, 2007 06:01 PM (8e/V4)

8 I've seen 'wiki' abused so much by 'contributors' that I never consider it a primary source for anything controversial. At best, it serves as an idea generator for deciding where you might search for information next.               USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 21, 2007 08:14 PM (2OHpj)

9 Wiki is crap as a primary source, but is virtual a link-fest (portal) to other information and sources.

As Mike said, its a place to start.



Posted by: Good Lt at February 21, 2007 08:38 PM (D0TMh)

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