Clinton hires the Berger-ler
Posted by BrianH-Rod has brought on Sandy Berger as an advisor in some bizarre attempt to kill off whatever national security credibility she might have.
Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified terrorism documents from the National Archives, destroyed them and lied to investigators, is now an adviser to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Berger, who was fired from John Kerry’s presidential campaign when the scandal broke in 2004, has assumed a similar role in Clinton’s campaign, even though his security clearance has been suspended until September 2008. This is raising eyebrows even among Clinton’s admirers.
“It shows poor judgment and a lack of regard for Berger’s serious misdeeds,” said law professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University, who nonetheless called Clinton “by far the most impressive candidate in the Democratic field.”
That last quote strikes me as a bit of a back handed complement. I’ll rephrase it: “Even though Clinton is using a known security hazard as an advisor she is still the most impressive Democrat candidate.” Ouch. The others must really stink.
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October 9th, 2007 at 11:11 am
How much prison time would you or I get (and expect) if we had stolen and destroyed classified material? Would we ever get a security clearance again?
This is an area where Bush / Gonzales drop the ball - Burglar’s light punishment and lack of prosecution of people who leak classified information.
October 10th, 2007 at 5:01 am
No kidding. We’d be sitting in a square room for a few years.