Saturday, July 24, 2004
Guards Finger Berger in Sox Docs Heist
After three days of denials from his legal team, eyewitnesses to Sandy Berger's top secret document heist have confirmed that the former national security adviser did indeed stash national security secrets in his socks, as well as in his pants pockets.
"The stuffed socks and pockets is real," a senior law enforcement official told the New York Daily News. "The [theft] was reported by the guards."
His lawyer Lanny Breuer has repeatedly told reporters that claims Berger stashed secrets in his socks were "ridiculous."
Guards also told investigators that Berger repeatedly asked to be left alone so he could make private phone calls. If Berger did make any calls from the top secret National Archives reading room, investigators will want to check his cell phone records to see whom he was contacting, and whether he was discussing the purloined documents.
Any calls to ex-President Clinton, who had dispatched Berger on the mission in advance of his own 9/11 testimony, could have staggering implications for the Democratic Party.
When Clinton testified before the 9/11 Commission on April 9, he was accompanied by Berger and his longtime damage controller, Bruce Lindsey.
After three days of denials from his legal team, eyewitnesses to Sandy Berger's top secret document heist have confirmed that the former national security adviser did indeed stash national security secrets in his socks, as well as in his pants pockets.
"The stuffed socks and pockets is real," a senior law enforcement official told the New York Daily News. "The [theft] was reported by the guards."
His lawyer Lanny Breuer has repeatedly told reporters that claims Berger stashed secrets in his socks were "ridiculous."
Guards also told investigators that Berger repeatedly asked to be left alone so he could make private phone calls. If Berger did make any calls from the top secret National Archives reading room, investigators will want to check his cell phone records to see whom he was contacting, and whether he was discussing the purloined documents.
Any calls to ex-President Clinton, who had dispatched Berger on the mission in advance of his own 9/11 testimony, could have staggering implications for the Democratic Party.
When Clinton testified before the 9/11 Commission on April 9, he was accompanied by Berger and his longtime damage controller, Bruce Lindsey.
