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July 20, 2004
Missing Stuff
As you've probably heard, Sandy Berger, former Clinton national security adviser, is being investigated for some missing documents.
"In the course of reviewing over several days thousands of pages of documents on behalf of the Clinton administration in connection with requests by the Sept. 11 commission, I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives," Mr. Berger stated.
"When I was informed by the Archives that there were documents missing, I immediately returned everything I had except for a few documents that I apparently had accidentally discarded," he said.
I'd find that more believable if it wasn't for a) missing stuff seems to be a pattern with the Clintons and b) this statement:
[Berger's attorney] Mr. Breuer said the Archives staff first expressed concern to Mr. Berger during an Oct. 2 review of documents that at least one copy of the postmillennium report he had reviewed was missing.
Mr. Berger was given a second copy that day, Mr. Breuer said.
So Berger knows that one copy he looked at couldn't be found, yet he 'accidentally discarded' the second copy he was given? I find that hard to swallow.
And what moron at the National Archives said "Gee Mr. Berger, the copy of that report criticizing Clinton's handling of terror threats you were looking at the other day has disappeared, so here's another copy"?
BTW, speaking of the devil, Clinton will be signing copies of his book here at the Mall Avenue Wal-Mart on July 31st. Just in case you wanted to get yours signed, you know.
Posted by Rita at July 20, 2004 05:46 AM