MSM Goes Bananas Over Fresh Revelations About Sandy Berger's Deliberate Theft, Concealment, And Destruction of Codeword-Clearance Intelligence Documents

It's like Plamegate all over again!

Well, no it's not. Only the NY Sun deigns to give any prominence to new reportage on Sandy Berger's deliberate concealment of documents beneath construction work at a building neighboring the archives.

The report from the inspector-general for the National Archives, Paul Brachfeld, said Mr. Berger executed the cloak-and-dagger maneuver in October 2003 while taking a break from reviewing Clinton-era documents in connection with the work of the so-called September 11 commission.

" Mr. Berger exited the archive onto Pennsylvania Avenue," the report says, recounting the story the former national security chief told investigators. "He did not want to run the risk of bringing the documents back in the building. … He headed toward a construction area on 9th Street. Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the archives and the DOJ, and did not see anyone. He removed the documents from his pockets, folded the notes in a ‘V' shape, and inserted the documents in the center. He walked inside the construction fence and slid the documents under a trailer."

According to the report, Mr. Berger said he retrieved the documents after leaving the archives complex for the evening and took the papers to his office. It is not clear how long the documents were unattended at the construction site, but the report suggests it was a few hours, at most.

Gee whiz, I thought the press was all hot and bothered by national-security breaches.

I guess it depends on the "nuances" of the story.

posted by Ace at 05:37 PM