Clinton Finds the Berger story Funny
Drudge reports that Bill Clinton finds the Berger scandal funny. I Suppose we shouldn't be surprised that he finds felonious behavior as humorous. The fact that the documents were embarrassing to the Clinton administration might explain Clintons willingness to defend berger. The penalties for mishandling classified documents are pretty severe and do not take into concideration such excuses as abcent mindness or forgetfulness. Why Berger isn't in jail and charged might be the real issue. Ashcroft apparently is more interested in throwing Martha in jail than a white male beaurocrat spy.Former president Bill Clinton defends his embattled national security advisor as a man who "always got things right," even if his desk was a mess.
"We were all laughing about it," Clinton said about the investigation into Sandy Berger for taking classified terrorism documents from the National Archives. "People who don't know him might find it hard to believe. But ... all of us who've been in his office have always found him buried beneath papers."
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DRUDGE has learned: In an interview set for publication Wednesday in the DENVER POST, Clinton questions the timing of the Berger flap less than a week before the Democratic National Convention and two days before a presidential commission is slated to release its final report on the Bush administration's handling of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Clinton tells the POST he has known about the federal probe of Berger's actions for several months, calling the news a "non-story."
"I wish I knew who leaked it. It's interesting timing," he added.
"I feel terrible for Sandy. But I just believe his explanation because I know how much he cared about this ... terrorism business," Clinton said, describing his former security advisor as a "workaholic" who has "always been up to his ears in papers."
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