The more experienced Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, has relied largely on her husband and a triumvirate of senior officials from his presidency-former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke and former national-security adviser Sandy Berger (who tries to keep a low profile after pleading guilty in 2005 to misdemeanor charges of taking classified material without authorization).Sandy Berger stole top secret documents from the National Archives immediately preceding former President Clinton's testimony before the 9/11 Commission. He admitted to stealing and destroying those documents, and part of his plea agreement was that he would take a lie detector test and be questioned as to the veracity of his claim that no other documents other than the ones he admitted taking were disposed of or altered. Berger, a lawyer, has since refused to take that test, and resigned from the bar to avoid being questioned under oath during a disbarment proceeding.
At the time that Berger's misdeeds were discovered by National Archives staff, no federal police agency (ie the FBI) was called in. The only person called, in fact, was Bill Clinton's lawyer Bruce Lindsey. When a criminal act is discovered, one normally calls the police first, not one who could be seen as the lawyer for the accused. BeldarBlog has a good rundown on the entire case, with many links, for those who need a refresher. Captain Ed also has a good post up on this subject.
When this case first broke (and was still just an allegation of a criminal act), Berger was a top adviser to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. He immediately quit, to avoid embarrassing the candidate. Years later, after pleading guilty, Hillary taps him to be one of her top advisers. Excellent judgment, Hill...
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. She's gotten away with so much for so long that she BELIEVES nothing she does will matter. She's wrong about that. She is going to be fully exposed before the Gereral Election comes. Every bit of dirt is going to come back on her.
Larry at 12:13PM on Sep 14th 2007
2. nobody cares as long as bush is in power .. corruption is the norm these days, not the exception ..
alexkreuz at 12:42PM on Sep 14th 2007
3. THE GULL OF THIS PIG AND HER COHORTS IS ASTOUNDING. "BURGLAR" BERGER DOING THEIR DIRTY WORK FOR THEM DESTROYING NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS TO COVER THEIR DECEITFUL ASSES CONCERNING TERRIORISM RIGHT BEFORE THE 911 COMMISSION, SPEAKS VOLUMNS!! THEY ARE OUR TERRORISTS AT HOME! JOHN KERRY INCLUDED. LETS SEE IF SANDY ENDS UP DEAD OR WANTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE BEFORE HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THEM IS DONE. SCUM BAGS ALL.
Marie at 1:44PM on Sep 14th 2007
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The Dems at it again Casey ? Let's see - we've got massive deficts and a swelling record national debt, the dollar at an all time low, and the brilliant foreign policy that brought about Iraq. You know Iraq - the quagmire the President now thinks his successor should have to deal with and fix. The Dems cause all that too ?
If the Wall Street Journal isn't too liberal for you read "the Berger File" from April 8, 2005. The facts on the Berger case have been out for some time now. Maybe you'll even learn something.
max at 2:18PM on Sep 14th 2007
5. One can almost foresee the likes of Sandy Berger, Henry Cisneros and Mike Espy will all serve in that Hillary Administration. The Clintons are criminals who escaped conviction due to the incompetence of Ken Starr.
Stuart at 11:27PM on Sep 14th 2007
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So now Starr was incompetent ? You mean incompetent like Mike Brown, Harriet Miers, Claude Allen, Scooter Libby, Alberto Gonzales, David Safavian, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter Goss, Elaine Chao, Jim Nicholson, Don Evans, Condoleezza Rice, Gale Norton, and Bernard Kerik ? THAT kind of incompetent ? Any criminals there ?
But enough about all of them - back to Ken Starr.
How soon before President Bush names him Attorney General ?
max at 11:53PM on Sep 14th 2007
7. OK, America, why are we acting soooo surprized by what the "HIll" does anymore. She feels that she and her clan, are above the law and that she can use loop holes, her election to the NY Senate, to her advancement and her, not the parties, not the peoples, but her agenda. Id she were greek, her name would be Janus, the 2 faced one. She is a weasel pure and simple, with no clear plan for America, other than her getting elected and that is that. Hiring criminals, all in a days work for the Clinton clan. Arkansas hopes she gets elected, they don't want them back in their state till they have had a chance to change the locks.
Lou nakapalau at 5:20PM on Sep 27th 2007
8. It is a shame that the most powerful (and wealthiest) country of the world does not pretect the health of all its citizens. Hillary's plan may not be the best, but it is a step in the right direction.
Les at 10:01PM on Sep 17th 2007
9. So the Democrat argument to Hilliary Clinton's hiring an admitted criminal is what about the Bush Administration. Duh, what???!!!
Do we really want four years of Hilliary blaming everything that happens on her "watch" on the Bush Administration. I think not. If she wants to play that game, then I suggest that the Bush Administration start laying blame on the Clinton Administration for 911 and the rise of terrorism, since they did absolutely nothing to address the issue when they were in office.
Now I can understand why Tom Cruise is building a bomb shelter. If Hilliary gets elected, we're all better start digging.
Robert Gould at 11:55AM on Oct 8th 2007