I was going to write about one of the greatest travesties of justice inside the beltway... the "pardon"' given Sandy Berger. Sure Bill Clinton had his theft and mail fraud charges, but they technically occurred outside the beltway.
Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Adviser, entered the national archives and stuffed documents into his pants, making a few trips and depositing national security papers at a construction zone until he could recover them and destroy them.
The attached editorial actually mirrors my exact sentiments... that Berger did not "voluntarily" surrender his law license any more than Clinton did... it was a condition of dropping the investigation. That the federal judge, like Berger, is a Clinton appointee is just a coincidence and I'm sure played no factor in his virtual pardon.
I will also note that in 2005 Mr Berger "agreed" to forfeit his security clearance for 3 years and promised to cooperate in the investigation. Now he "agrees" to forfeit his law license in order not to cooperate. That he only lost his security clearance for 3 years is a joke, he forfeited his integrity by forever concealing the contents of those documents when he stole and destroyed them, his security clearance should have been shredded with those papers.
Sandy Berger "Voluntarily" Forfeits Law License
Berger pleads guilty to taking classified documents, loses security clearance
Even though he did a great disservice to the people of the United States, especially as the papers he destroyed involved the circumstances leading up to 9/11, Sandy has earned the undying gratitude of Bill Clinton (and by association Hilary) since they could only have even further obliterated Clinton's legacy. Even if Berger did it to cover up his own incompetence it irrevocably affected the results of the 9/11 commission and what was known and when prior to the events of that day.
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