Sandy Berger
Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger is a liberal Democrat bureaucrat who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001.
In April 2005, Berger was convicted of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. The conviction stemmed from his theft and subsequent destruction of classified documents from the National Archives in Washington.
A Fox News Channel special, "Socks, Scissors, Paper: The Sandy Berger Caper," to be broadcast on Saturday, March 31 at 9 p.m. EDT reveals several details about Berger's theft:
- There was a deep division inside the Justice Department about how to handle Berger, who ultimately was allowed to plead to misdemeanor charges, pay a small fine and avoid jail.
- DOJ lawyers involved in the case failed to let the 9/11 Commission know the scope and seriousness of the security breach, despite direct orders from top Justice officials.
- Contrary to the assurances the Justice Department made to Congress and to the 9/11 Commission, nobody but Berger can know whether he kept key documents and information about Clinton administration anti-terror efforts from the Commission.
- Berger's lies were far more extensive than previously revealed.
- That no full assessment of the damage to national security has been conducted.
- That the Justice Department, in a break with precedent and procedure, relied on Berger's statements despite a record that showed a history of lies.
Berger was responsible for bring Mary McCarthy [1] within the Clinton Administration. [2] McCarthy, who worked with CIA Inspector General John Helgerson[3], was later fired for leaking classified information.
References
- ↑ The New McCarthyism, A look at the CIA leaker's independent streak and the al-Shifa intelligence, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard, 04/25/2006.
- ↑ Berger Appoints McCArthy Special Assistant for Intelligence, USIS Washington File, 17 June 1998.
- ↑ Opinion Journal, A Real CIA Leak Case, James Taranto, April 24, 2006.