House Republicans Call for Probe of Former Clinton Adviser Berger

Can't load the page. Can't find it on other news sites. Saw it on Drudge, but that's a drive-by media site. But that report says the investigation has nothing to do with the guilty plea, rather, if documents more directly relating to Clinton's anti-terrorism actions were taken.

 

Actually , I would like to know what documents he stole.:thumbsup:

If we find that out, we will undoubtedly know why.

 

Actually, so would I.

Perhaps.

The timing of this is suspicious, though.

 

Of course it is. Just as the Foley revelations are. It's election time politics.

 

The Justice Department requested that any Congressional investigation wait until theirs was finished. But I'm not sure when that was.

 

I'd still like to know what papers he considered so damaging that he stole them to keep them from becoming public.

Wouldn't you?

 

Yes, I missed your previous post. Sorry.

Jamie, it's hard to argue that you are not correct. You are.

However we do not live in a perfect world where everyone plays by the rules, especially in politics. You are right to hate it.

But, being realistic, our political system and politicians did not get the way they are overnight. It took a couple of hundred years and American style politics are an accurate reflection of our sinful human nature.

Keep hoping and working for the best, but play the hand that is dealt when it comes to voting choices.:godisgood:

 

Yep. In a free country like this we can vote for any one worlder we want. From either direction! :thumbs:

 

Considering that Scooter Libby is still facing perjury and obstruction of justice charges, and a possible prison term, three years after the Plame affair, (and after the true facts in the matter are now known), a cynic might suspect that the Libby case is being drawn out indefinately for political purposes. Or at least till the elections are over.
Btw, Berger will be eligible to have his security clearance reinstated in 2008.

As for what was in the documents that Berger destroyed, we know this much -
-At the time of the 9-11 commision hearings, Bill Clinton appointed Berger to assess all the documents relevant to Clinton's handling of security measures leading up the the 9-11 attacks.
- The papers that Berger took were copies of an 'After Action Report' on the administration's handling of the millennium plot of 1999-2000. He took and destroyed multiple copies of this report, over the course of several days.
- The report was the result of a review done by Richard Clarke, then the White House counterterrorism chief, of efforts by the Clinton administration to disrupt terrorist plots at the turn of the year 2000. Clarke criticised the handling of the millennium plot in his book, 'Against All Enemies'. And in a note to Berger, Clarke concluded that the administrations attempts at disrupting Al Qaeda "have not put too much of a dent" into Bin Ladin's network. He also feared that sleeper cells had been established in the United States.

Possibly Berger was trying to keep this report, and the associated notes, out of the hands of the Commission. If so, he was not able to take all copies that were in existance, because the Commission got them anyway.

 

Drawn out by whom? Are you accusing Patrick Fitzgerald, appointed by a Republican administration (Deputy Attorney General under Ashcroft) to investigate this, of anti-Republican partisan politics? Compare his investigation to Kenneth "Leaky" Starr's. Your accusation seems to have no merit as there was sufficient evidence to obtain an indictment. If anything, I'd bet that the trial or plea bargain, as well as the full report, has been postponed until after the election to boost the party in power's chances of staying in power.

 

Your opinion, right?

All the news reports I have seen indicate Fitzgerald is trying to overcome legal hurdles put up by Libby's defense attorneys.

Are you accusing Fitzgerald of stalling?

 

No, carpro, "I'd bet" indicates I'm quoting from the encyclopedia

Really? And that contradicts my suspicion of the stalling being partisan Republican doings how exactly?

On the contrary, I admire Fitzgerald's professionalism.

Perhaps it would help you understand my post if you'd read it in context with Niteshift's that I quoted in my reply.

 

Didn't accuse Fitzgerald of anything. Someone here asserted that it was dirty politics for Congress to investigate a crime occuring three years ago. I only suggested that three years is not so long ago, considering that Libby is still defending himself, after three years, from charges that were brought in response to politically-motivated yowling by Wilson and his friends in the press.

 

:laugh: Yeah, that's the ticket